Figure 1.--Danny, the little juvenile delinquent, in "The Bride Goes Wild" poses as the publisher's son. Butch was very good in his roles and according to his reputation, he was well cast here. This is a poster for the French shiwing, 'La mariée est folle'.

'The Bride goes wild' is a slap stick romance about the author of popular children's books. It is a typically sappy commedy, but actually rather humerous and the chenistry of the main chractrs works well. John McGrath publishes children's books beloved Uncle Bump is one of their most popuilar series. Greg Rawlings (Van Johnson) is the author and he not only hates kids, but is an irresponsible playboy who ikes to drink more than he likes to write. Not the best qualification for a children's author. There are two love interests for Johnson--Tillie and Martha. And as a result he keeps delaying getting down to work on his next book. Prim and proper school tacher, Martha Terryton (June Allyson), won a contest to illustrate the book. Rather than start work, Gerg get her drunk. McGrath next has to convince her to stay so he gets a Danny (Butch Jenkins), a little juvenile delinquent from an orphanage, to pose as his son and show her the pressure he has to deal with. Butch was very good in his roles and according to his reputation, he was well cast here. Butch's arrival leads to some good chuckels. One of the funniest moment is when Uncle Bumps and his publisher (Hume Cronyn) arrive at the orphanage to get Danny and unintentionally become involved with the boys in their game of indians. Meanwhile, Danny later has to see the the orphanage dentist for a cavity. Here there is a battle of wits. The dentist first has to get Danny into the dental chair. Then he has to get his mouth open. Meanwhile Greg is still recovering from losing Tillie. And he begins to look at Martha more kindly.

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