Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding. The screenplay was written by Terence Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald based on the play Quiet Wedding by Esther McCracken. The film was remade in 1958 as Happy Is the Bride.

Plot:

A young couple become engaged, but undergo a number of misadventures before their wedding ceremony.

Production:

It was Lockwood's first film after a series of movies with Carol Reed.

Critical reception:

The New York Times wrote, "a foreword to the film states that its production was interrupted five times when Nazi bombs exploded on the studio, but all their destructive fury has left no visible mark on the quiet humor and the atmosphere of hearthside warmth that permeate this wisp of a tale about a young couple on the eve of their marriage. . . . Anthony Asquith has directed with tender appreciation of his material this completely unpretentious and charming film, the component parts of which are as delicately balanced as the mechanism of a watch."

Cast:

Margaret Lockwood as Janet Royd

Derek Farr as Dallas Chaytor

Marjorie Fielding as Mildred Royd

A. E. Matthews as Arthur Royd

Athene Seyler as Aunt Mary

Jean Cadell as Aunt Florence

Margaretta Scott as Marcia

David Tomlinson as John Royd

Sidney King as Denys

Peggy Ashcroft as Flower Lisle

Frank Cellier as Mr. Clayton

Roland Culver as Boofy Ponsonby

Michael Shepley as Marcia's Husband

Muriel Pavlow as Miranda

Margaret Halstan as Lady Yeldham

Roddy Hughes as Vicar

O. B. Clarence as First Magistrate

Margaret Rutherford as Second Magistrate

Wally Patch as Third Magistrate

Martita Hunt as Madame Mirelle, the dressmaker

Charles Carson as Johnson

Bernard Miles as Constable

Terry-Thomas (uncredited) as an extra