Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

morrison-dylan-fan Despite having heard about her being one of the biggest actresses in the "golden age" of Hollywood,I have somehow never got round to seeing a film starring Bette Davis.With Easter coming up,I started talking to my dad about picking up a James Cagney DVD as a holiday present for a friend.Catching me by surprise,my dad revealed that he had recently picked up a Cagney title,co-starring Bette Davis,which led to me getting ready to catch a glimpse of Bette Davis for the first time.The plot:California-Desperate to fill his radio show up,presenter Tommy Keenan pushes bandleader Alan Brice to get married to his oil heiress girlfriend, (who he has been dating for 4 days!) Joan Winfield.Caught up in a whirlwind romance,Brice & Winfield agree to Keenan's suggestion that they hire a plane,and get married in Los Vegas.Broadcasting updates on his radio show,Joan's dad Lucius K. Winfield starts ringing everyone up,to find out what his daughter has gotten herself into.Spending the last 10 years attempting to pay the debt for his plane,pilot Steve Collins is delighted to receive a call offering him a large amount of money to take a young couple over to Los Vegas for their wedding.Getting set to fly off with Joan & Alan,Collins suddenly gets a call from Lucius K. Winfield,who offers to pay Collins as much as he wants,as long as he stops his daughter from getting married.View on the film:Walking across the screen looking glamorous,Bette Davis gives an excellent, hilarious performance Joan Winfield.Wrapped in jewelry,Davis turns Joan into a prime cut diva,with Davis showing Joan clutching all her wealth,as Joan slowly discovers that daddy can out bid his daughter on anything,which includes her becoming a wife.Along with the sleek diva cut,Davis also displays a tremendously relaxed manner towards looking very silly in the films perfectly executed physical Comedy scenes,as Davis jumps from failing to jump out of a plane,to getting cactus pins stuck in her bottom.Stopping Davis from going down the aisle,James Cagney gives a fantastic performance as Steve Collins,as Cagney keeps Collins blue collar attitude burning whilst casting a wicked grin across his face,as Collins outwits everyone at each turn.ing Davis & Cagney, Harry Davenport gives a delightful performance as "Pop" Tolliver,thanks to Davenport hitting every one of his very funny one liners,and also acting as the perfect match to Cagney's slightly saner Collins.Keeping Joan & Alan constantly on the lookout for a road to their weeding,the screenplay by Kenneth Earl/M.M. Musselman/Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein moves at a lightning fast pace,which gives each of the characters a killer line that allows them to have their moment in the spotlight.Along with stuffing the film full of one liners,the writers also give the title a charming warmth,as Joan & Collins find their mad-cap caper to unexpectedly bring them closer together,as Collins sets his sights on getting the cash on delivery.

SanteeFats Pretty standard fare for the time. The cast is loaded with stars of the era lead by James Cagney and Bette Davis. I have always had a problem with Bette Davis as a love interest. She is a heck of an actress but I never have found her attractive. Anyway the humor is not bad and got laughs a few times. You can see the end developing after the plane crash when they spend the night out in the open and then find a ghost town with one old timer still around. The old timer arrests James as a kidnapper and then learns he is not. The old timer and Bette rehab a thirty year old abandoned car. They get it running but there is no way the tires would not have rotted in that time. They crash it and Bette lands in another cactus patch, heh, heh!! An air search finds the abandoned airplane and the race is on between the father who wants to stop the impending marriage of Bette to a bandleader played by Jack Carson, a real ham, of course Jack is in the race, an LA sheriff, and other assorted types. The first to arrive is from the LA county sheriff played by Fred Mertz (William Frawley)!! Next to fly in are four reporters, then Carson shows up with a judge to marry the two. There is some chicanery to keep Bette from being found but she is eventually found, thinking they are in Nevada the judge performs the wedding in the ghost town, then they find out the town is actually in California. They couple don't believe him, take off for LA, Bette sees a pillow that shows the town is in California so jumps from the plane to get away from Carson. Dad has finally shown up and things work out as I thought, Bette and James end up hitched, dad is happy, and all ends well except for poor ol' Jack Carson.

slymusic Although the prevailing attitude seems to be that it's a weak effort, I personally think that "The Bride Came C.O.D." is a wonderful screwball comedy, starring the talented James Cagney and Bette Davis. (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen this film.) Following a whirlwind courtship, heiress Joan Winfield (Davis) and singer/bandleader Allen Brice (Jack Carson) decide to fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for an elopement, against the wishes of Joan's father (Eugene Palette). Struggling to make a go of his airline service, pilot Steve Collins (Cagney) schemes to earn a buck by intercepting the elopement and flying the unmarried Joan into Amarillo, TX, where her father awaits with cash in hand.Here are my favorite moments from "The Bride Came C.O.D.". When Allen Brice announces to his nightclub audience his engagement to Joan, a spotlight searches for Joan and finds her in a phone booth, after accidentally shining on a headwaiter. Watch how Steve's assistant Peewee (George Tobias) lights his cigarette! Some rather exciting aerodynamic action ensues when Joan repeatedly tries to jump out of Steve's plane after being kidnapped. At the ghost town hotel, Steve and Joan search for any inhabitants, and they ultimately find one - a mule! Steve kisses Joan, Joan slaps Steve, and Steve gives Joan a head bop. Joan and lonely old hotel proprietor Pop Tolliver (Harry Davenport) drive down a sloping desert road while their vehicle engine pops, bursts, and backfires; Steve watches all this from inside a jail cell and laughs hysterically. Joan and Steve engage in playful song banter: "I'm not going anyplace with yoooouuu!" "Oh yes you aaaarrre!" "No I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm nooooot!", etc. And finally, plenty of cacti on Joan's ass! Written by the Epstein brothers (Julius J. and Philip G.), with a great cast that includes James Cagney, Bette Davis, Jack Carson, Harry Davenport, George Tobias, Eugene Palette, Stuart Erwin, William Frawley, Edward Brophy, Harry Holman, and Herbert Anderson, "The Bride Came C.O.D." is a delightfully wacky comedy. The music score by Max Steiner (with a little help from Ray Heindorf and Hugo Friedhoffer) is also quite excellent, borrowing snatches of familiar popular songs for comic effect (e.g., "Trade Winds" during Steve's first appearance in the hangar; "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" to denote unconsciousness after getting slugged; "Oh Susannah" and "Clementine" when Steve and Joan spot the ghost town; and Wagner's famous Bridal Chorus scattered throughout the film).

William222 I had always avoided this flick because I love both its stars and had read and heard not-so-flattering things about it. Finally caught up with it on the beautiful DVD transfer, and was either laughing or smiling from beginning to end, and believe me that's a rarity! How nice to see all those naysayers proved wrong. Granted, this is one of the most contrived and tortured "meet cute" setups in screwball history, but the plot mechanics are dispensed with quickly and it's all Cagney and Davis at their most sparkling from there on. I actually think it's best to watch this not knowing what happens, so I'll just say WATCH IT if you have a liking for either -- or both -- of these stars. And the Epstein-brothers' script is hilarious; it should be studied by today's comedy writers.