Themes: Big Break, Romantic Misunderstandings, Schemes and Ruses
Main Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown, ZaSu Pitts, Robert Chisholm
Release Year: 1930
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
Plot
Based on "Bride 66", a tone poem by composer Herbert Stothart, The Lottery Bride takes place in a distinctly Hollywoodized Norway. Ever on the lookout for extra cash, heroine Jenny Swanson (Jeanette MacDonald) coerces her sweetheart Chris Svenson (John Garrick) to participate with her in a three-day marathon race. When the exhausted couple fails to win first prize, Jenny enters herself in a "wife lottery." Though the lucky winner appears to be Chris's older brother, it is actually Chris himself -- but he isn't aware of it, having embarked on a dirigible expedition to the Yukon. Only after surviving a crash landing does Chris return home for a blissful reunion with Jenny. With a plot this silly, why did the producers bother to hire Joe E. Brown and ZaSu Pitts as comedy relief? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
William Cameron Menzies - Art Director, Alice O'Neill - Costume Designer, Walter Mayo - First Assistant Director, Paul Stein - Director, Robert J. Kern - Editor, Rudolf Friml - Composer (Music Score), Hugo Riesenfeld - Musical Direction/Supervision, J. Keirn Brennan - Songwriter, Park French - Production Designer, William Cameron Menzies - Production Designer, Karl W. Freund - Cinematographer, Ray June - Cinematographer, Orville O. Dull - Production Manager, Joseph M. Schenck - Producer, Arthur Hammerstein - Producer, Horace Jackson - Screenwriter, Howard Emmet Rogers - Screenwriter, Joseph M. Schenck - Presented by, Herbert Stothart - Short Story Author
