Product Details

• Actors: Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Betty Lynn, Tom Tully
• Directors: Bretaigne Windust
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302548411
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,148 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A BREEZY, ROMANTIC COMEDY..., January 21, 2002

By	Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

This is a delightful, breezy, romantic comedy. Bette Davis plays the part of Linda GIlman, a sophisticated and successful magazine editor. Robert Montgomery plays the part of her love interest, Carey Jackson, a foreign correspondent out of a job, who has been assigned to work with her. Having previously been romantically involved, they must now work together.

They travel to Indiana with their entourage where they will do a story on a June bride, having picked a middle class, average, small town family upon which to focus. While there, they get involved in the family's affairs, with a few delightful, though predictable, twists and turns. While getting to know the family, they make some personal discoveries about their own lives. It seems that embers of their own long ago romance, have merely laid dormant. With the flames being fanned, it looks like there may be more than one June bride.

Bette Davis is very soignee as Ms. Gilman, and Robert Montgomery provides a light hearted touch as the cavalier Mr. Jackson. Both contribute some comedic deftness, as does the supporting cast, to make this an entertaining film. The only wrong note struck during the entire film is in the last scene. It was almost embarrassing. I thought about deducting one star because of it, but then decided against it, as it was just reflective of the era in which the film was made. Actually, the whole movie was reflective of the era in which it was made, but that last scene was just too sexist for words. When you see it, you will know what I mean.

Fans of Bette Davis will surely enjoy this movie, as will those who love classic films.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bette as a Comic Actress, June 11, 1999

By A Customer

I love this movie. It stars Davis in a romantic-comedy, which was rare. But the movie is quite funny, and Davis gives her usual terrific performance.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Light Comedy, July 13, 2001

By	Shalom J. Stavsky (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"June Bride" tells the story of a magazine editor (Bette Davis) who goes to Indiana with her staffers and a fellow journalist -- and ex-boyfriend (Robert Montgomery) -- to cover a small-town wedding.I found this movie very enjoyable. It's nice to see Bette Davis in a comedy role. And Robert Montgomery gives an enjoyably hammy performance (always somehow making me think of Bob Hope). The two of them are very good together. Yes, the catch is the ending. As in two other Bette Davis films of the era -- "All About Eve" and "The Star" -- the career woman chucks her career at the end to be with a man. Up until this point, I couldn't help feeling how nice it was for a Forties film to depict an intelligent, successful career woman. But this was the sensibility of the time. The film is still well-written, and knowing Bette Davis, she won't be carrying those suitcases for too long! (If you see the movie, you'll understand.)