In a recent biography of Barbara Stanwyck I read that The Bride Wore Boots was a
flop at the post war box office in 1946. After watching the film my conclusion was that the movie going public was looking for more serious work in the post
World War 2 world. Before 1942 this might have actually made some money for
Paramount.
Stanwyck plays a Virginia girl from the country club horsey set who married a Yankee writer played by Robert Cummings. Barbara loves her horses and her husband can't stand them and is not at one with the horse when he tries to ride.
There's also Patric Knowles who is a neighbor and who is after Barbara and mushmouth southern belle Diana Lynn who is circling like a bird of prey over Bob.
The climax is a steeplechase race with Cummings as a game, but totally hopeless rider. Prety funny stuff.
Not the best of Stanwyck films out there, but not too bad.
Stanwyck plays a Virginia girl from the country club horsey set who married a Yankee writer played by Robert Cummings. Barbara loves her horses and her husband can't stand them and is not at one with the horse when he tries to ride.
There's also Patric Knowles who is a neighbor and who is after Barbara and mushmouth southern belle Diana Lynn who is circling like a bird of prey over Bob.
The climax is a steeplechase race with Cummings as a game, but totally hopeless rider. Prety funny stuff.
Not the best of Stanwyck films out there, but not too bad.