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Half a Bride is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gregory La Cava released in USA on 16 june 1928 with Esther Ralston

Half a Bride (1928)

Half a Bride
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Released in USA 16 june 1928
Length 1h7
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Adventure,    Romance
Rating64% 3.20453.20453.20453.20453.2045

Half a Bride is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, and William Worthington. Based on the short story "White Hands" by Arthur Stringer, and written by Doris Anderson, Percy Heath, and Julian Johnson, the film is about an impulsive thrill-seeking heiress who announces to her father that she entered into a "companionate marriage" with one of her party friends. After her father abducts her aboard his private yacht and sails away, she escapes in a small boat and after a storm ends up on a desert island along with the yacht's young captain who followed after her. Half a Bride was released on June 16, 1928 by Paramount Pictures in the United States.

Half a Bride received generally good reviews upon its theatrical release, with one reviewer called it "a clever, entertaining picture".

Synopsis

Patience Winslow (Esther Ralston) is an impulsive thrill-seeking heiress who spends most of her time going from one wild party to another. One night after attending several parties, she smashes her car and spends the rest of the night in jail. The following morning, she comes home and announces to her father (William Worthington) that she just entered into a trial marriage with one of her party companions, a much older man. Concerned about her well-being, her father abducts her aboard his private yacht and sets sail in order to prevent the ill-advised marriage.

Actors

Esther Ralston

(Patience Winslow)Gary Cooper

(Capt. Edmunds)Freeman Wood

(Jed Sessions)William Worthington

(Mr. Winslow)Mary Doran

(Betty Brewster)
And :
Guy Oliver
Ray Gallagher
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