Her Bridal Night-Mare

1920 Comedy 35 minutes Directed by Al Christie

About Her Bridal Night-Mare

Mary is about to marry when a jealous suitor steals the groom's tuxedo and sends a pickpocket, who wears it to the reception and takes the gifts. The groom is jailed in his underwear, and Mary, told he left her, tries to kill herself, fails, and pays the pickpocket to kill her later. She learns the groom was faithful and has to hide from the man she hired. His girlfriend converts him, he returns the gifts, and the wedding goes on.

Cast & crew

More about Her Bridal Night-Mare

Al Christie directed and produced this Christie comedy. Ora Carew is credited with the story. Colleen Moore, early in her comedy work, plays Mary.

Themes

  • A tuxedo stolen before the wedding
  • A groom arrested in his underwear
  • A bride who hires her own killer
  • The gifts brought back
  • Colleen Moore
  • wedding
  • pickpocket
  • tuxedo
  • Christie

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Eddie Barry, Gino Corrado, Helen Darling, and Earle Rodney are in the cast.

Scenes

  • The pickpocket wears the groom's tuxedo to the reception and takes the presents.
  • Mary pays him to kill her, then has to dodge him in disguise.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Her Bridal Nightmare (1920).webm)