Let's Love and Laugh is a 1931 British-German comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus and Dennis Wyndham.Let's Love and Laugh profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 26 October 2015. It was released as Bridegroom for Two in the United States.A German-language version, Die Bräutigamswitwe, was made at the same time. It was based on the play, Unwelcome Wife, written by Edward A. Paulton and Fred Thompson.
The film launched Gerrard as a popular star, and he went on to appear in a series of comedies for British International Pictures.
Plot Two philanderers marry each other.
Cast Gene Gerrard as The Bridegroom Muriel Angelus as The Bride Who Was Margaret Yarde as Bride's mother Frank Stanmore as Bride's father Dennis Wyndham as Bride's fiancé Henry Wenman as The Butler Rita Page as The Bride Who Wasn't Ronald Frankau as Father George K. Gee as Detective
Critical reception The Film Daily wrote that despite "some funny moments" it was "pretentious" and "draggy" and concluded, "It is all very British and complex, and will hardly click with American audiences."
References
Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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