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ACTOR
James CagneyBette DavisStuart ErwinEugene Pallette
DIRECTOR
William Keighley
SYNOPSICS
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) is a English movie. William Keighley has directed this movie. James Cagney,Bette Davis,Stuart Erwin,Eugene Pallette are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1941. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) is considered one of the best Comedy,Romance movie in India and around the world.
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) Reviews
Cagney and Davis? C'mon now. It just doesn't get any better.
I can see why some people who admire the actor's dramas might complain. Gone with the Wind, it ain't. But it wasn't trying to be, and you do get a host of Hollywood legends, all in top form, doing exactly what they did best. Airplane lovers will also appreciate the potpourri of period light passenger aircraft, and the scenery and sets are top notch. The chemistry between Cagney and Davis is great, there's no scene stealing and it's just plain fun to watch. It's kind of sad to hear the treatment it received at the time from both the actors and critics. I wish they'd made ten more. Light-hearted and easy on the soul. One of my all time favorites. Side note: I met Bette Davis in a store in Westport, CT and she quizzed me about a reversible blender we were both looking at. I was picking one up for my friend Mary. She was very nice--and smoking of course.
Hilarious Comedy Between Davis and Cagney
Baffling how this, of all Davis and/or Cagney movies is set on the side burner. It's a riot! Cagney does indignant acts to Davis that make for the charms of both lead actors to be brought out. The public already new that Cagney could play well in comedies; but, with Bette Davis usually performing such serious characters, the surprise is how Davis pulls of playing in this comedy so well. She's really at the mercy of the script that Cagney riotously acts out. Davis is playing a runaway daughter of a tycoon; Cagney plays the plotting private pilot who has schemed to take her home to Daddy for a meager dividend. The hilarity begins when Davis realizes she's been hijacked by Cagney and attempts to parachute out of his airplane. After recently viewing this several times, for the first time, it because curious to me why Bette Davis wasn't cast in many more comedies. Was there anything she couldn't do? (She even sang and did more comedy in a dance during her starlit spot in, "Thank Your Lucky Stars!").
My very favorite movie.
When I watch a movie, I like to laugh, and that's why this is my favorite movie of all time. It's the only pairing of James Cagney and Bette Davis, and the sparks do fly. You might call this a variation on the theme of "It Happened One Night." James Cagney plays a cargo pilot asked to aid in an elopement that would result in a disastrous marriage for an heiress. Her father offers him payment if he delivers her home unmarried. The ending is predictable, but the journey to it is not. Great fun. Oh, I know there are so many other "important" and wonderful movies out there. I love a lot of them. But rarely has one tickled and surprised me the way this one did. Let others favor the big famous movies. I'll take this little gem. I'm surprised that more people haven't recognized its charm.
The miracle of lowered expectations
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.
Great fun
Two remarkable professionals, Bette Davis and James Cagney, unite for this Warner Brothers comedy, "The Bride Came C.O.D." Cagney is a pilot who is hired by Joan's (Davis) father to deliver her -- unmarried -- to him after Joan announces she is en route to marry a bandleader, Alan Brice (Jack Carson). Her father (Eugene Palette) agrees to pay the freight charges, which is by the pound. Cagney needs the money to save his plane from repossession. The plane goes down when Joan puts a parachute on backwards and tries to jump out - in doing insane manuevers to keep her in the plane, it gives out, and the two get stranded near a ghost town which has one survivor (Harry Davenport). Davis looks great and is obviously having a ball. Cagney handles the role with his usual confident swagger and two play off one another beautifully. One of Cagney's best scenes occurs when he's locked up in jail and Pop and Joan take off in a jalopy that will obviously only take them a mile or so. He laughs uncontrollably. And their scenes together in the cave are priceless. Cagney and Davis make a great team - she's so sincere and dramatic, and he always has an angle - it was really an inspired idea to get them together for a comedy. Wish it had happened more often.