They All Kissed the Bride

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They All Kissed the Bride ★★½ 1942

Tough cookie Margaret Drew (Crawford) must take over the family's trucking business when dad dies and support her ditzy mother (Burke) and younger sister Vivian (Parrish). Crusading newspaperman Michael Holmes (Douglas) blasts Margaret's business practices in print but when they finally meet, the sparks fly. Crawford manages the physical comedy well and Douglas is suitably charming. 87m/B VHS . Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Billie Burke, Helen Parrish, Roland Young, Allen Jenkins, Emory Parnell; D: Alexander Hall; W: Andrew Solt, P.J. Wolfson; C: Joseph Walker; M: Werner R. Heymann.

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