Always a Bride

One bride to be, two suitors, both impossible. She's Rosemary Lane, a feisty if fickle only child, in love with the unambitious George Reeves but engaged to the pretentious John Eldredge, rich but stuffy.

Always a Bride is another Warner Brothers shortie from director Noel Smith and George Reeves! A lover's triangle where Alice (Rosemary Lane) is being courted by two gentlemen callers.

With boring actors and a dull script, this movie doesn't even pass the basic test of credibility. We are asked to believe that a con man has made a lot of money over a great many years with a scheme that looks very unlikely to bring in any money at all.

The main reason I decided to see this movie was because George Reeves was in this movie. I had of course seen him in re-runs of Superman as a young child.

Peggy Cummins and Ronald Squire are a pair of con artists who make a living from fleecing expensive hotels and their guests.Terence Morgan is a very unlikely man from the Treasury looking out for people exceeding their travel allowance.

I thoroughly enjoyed TV "Superman" George Reeves with Rosemary Lane as the girl he pursues and tries to "win over" from John Eldridge. George does play his out-of-work, contrarian, devil-may-care role "over the top," because that's JUST THE CHARACTER HE IS: a' la Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby, Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travel, etc.

Film does not get big reviews in most film books, but that doesn't mean it's not a good movie. The movie is a fun romantic comedy.

"Always A Bride" is one of those little-known but delightful comedies from what I have always thought of as the Golden Age of British Comedy (late 40s into the 60s). The entire cast is ingratiating, with that wonderful British character actor Ronald Squire a standout.

SYNOPSIS: A small town ne'er-do-well hopes to win the girl of his choice by running for office as town mayor. NOTES: The stage play opened on Broadway at the Ambassador on 28 September 1925 and ran a very satisfactory 90 performances.