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Let's Get Married

  • 1926
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Richard Dix and Lois Wilson in Let's Get Married (1926)
ComedyRomance

College football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he reform and sends him to mend his ways with a devout old woman who deals in hymnals. She turns... Read allCollege football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he reform and sends him to mend his ways with a devout old woman who deals in hymnals. She turns out to be devoutly drunk and a saloon brawler, leading to Billy's imprisonment. He tells ... Read allCollege football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he reform and sends him to mend his ways with a devout old woman who deals in hymnals. She turns out to be devoutly drunk and a saloon brawler, leading to Billy's imprisonment. He tells his fiancée he's doing missionary work on a pacific island. He escapes and persuades her t... Read all

  • Director
    • Gregory La Cava
  • Writers
    • John Bishop
    • H.A. DuSouchet
    • J. Clarkson Miller
  • Stars
    • Richard Dix
    • Lois Wilson
    • Nat Pendleton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    32
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    • Director
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • John Bishop
      • H.A. DuSouchet
      • J. Clarkson Miller
    • Stars
      • Richard Dix
      • Lois Wilson
      • Nat Pendleton
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • Billy Dexter
    Lois Wilson
    Lois Wilson
    • Mary Corbin
    Nat Pendleton
    Nat Pendleton
    • Jimmy
    Douglas MacPherson
    • Tommy
    Gunboat Smith
    Gunboat Smith
    • Slattery
    Joseph Kilgour
    Joseph Kilgour
    • Billy's Father
    Thomas Findley
    • Mary's Father
    Edna May Oliver
    Edna May Oliver
    • J.W. Smith
    • Director
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • John Bishop
      • H.A. DuSouchet
      • J. Clarkson Miller
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    7F Gwynplaine MacIntyre

    Edna May Oliver wants a good time.

    In the late silent-film era, Richard Dix played virile young men in a successful series of comedies. In the early sound era, he gracefully matured into dramatic roles. 'Let's Get Married' is somewhat atypical for Dix, as he plays a character who is less sympathetic than usual, and who must earn the audience's sympathy.

    Dix plays Bill Dexter, the spoilt playboy son of a wealthy publisher. Bill's father publishes hymnals: can there really be so much money to be made in that particular line? Apparently there can be, because Bill has got plenty of leisure time for drunken carousing with his football buddies from a college identified as 'New Haven'. At regular intervals, Bill and his buddies (one of them a young Nat Pendleton) like to smash up the El Prado nightclub. Bill's father uses his influence to keep the scapegrace out of trouble, but the judge (a New Haven alumnus) warns Bill's father: if Bill gets arrested one more time, he's going to chokey.

    Bill's father confiscates his petrol-driven car, giving him a much slower and more staid electric. There's an amusing sequence in which Dix drives his electric car through city traffic at its top speed ... which is so slow that Dix is able to jump out of the moving vehicle, run a circle round it, and get back inside. This leads to a 'meet cute' sequence in which Dix's electric gets rear-ended by the car driven by pretty Mary (Lois Wilson).

    Now get this. To win the fair lady, Bill suddenly decides to make something of himself, so he gets a job selling his father's hymnals. His big customer is JW Smith, who turns out to be a woman, played by Edna May Oliver, one of my favourite character actresses. She is delightfully cast against type here: she looks prim and proper, but she really wants a good time. She dragoons Bill into taking her to El Prado, where she hopes to see one of those notorious brawls.

    'Let's Get Married' isn't very plausible, but it's quite funny and the cast give ingratiating performances. I'll rate this comedy 7 out of 10.
    GManfred

    Doing Comedy Against Type

    "Let's Get Married" is a likable comedy in which a couple of noteworthy actors are cast against type in their roles here. Ever see Richard Dix do comedy? I didn't believe it - despite the previous readers claim - but, guess what? he's funny! True, some of his predicaments in the film have been done many times before, but this is 1926 and were probably fresh to movie-going audiences. And Edna May Oliver pulling out all the stops to play slapstick? Who knew? And she was hilarious, one of the high spots in the film. Too bad she couldn't have been given more to do - she was on screen only a few minutes.

    I thought the camera lingered too long on some of the situations, some of which suffered from extreme contrivance. A good comedy director should know when the joke is finished. Overall, it was great fun and is well worth the time, at only 70 min. I think it is important to note that nearly any movie should be seen in a theater in its original format of 35MM - bigger than life - to derive the most satisfaction. Too often we are content to watch our TV screens, and we do ourselves a great injustice. So do yourself a favor - get out and look for some film festivals. That's how I saw this one.

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      A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
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      Version of The Man from Mexico (1914)

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    • Release date
      • March 1, 1926 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gel evlenelim
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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