{"id":31714,"date":"2013-06-10T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T17:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31714"},"modified":"2020-12-28T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:50:01","slug":"wedding-march-the-1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31714","title":{"rendered":"Wedding March, The (1928)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There is no such thing as accident. It is Fate &#8212; mis-named.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA fun-loving Viennese prince (Erich von Stroheim) is warned by his parents (George Fawcett and Maude George) that he must marry for money in order to maintain his sumptuous lifestyle; but despite becoming engaged to a club-footed heiress (Zasu Pitts), he falls in love with a beautiful innkeeper&#8217;s daughter (Fay Wray) whose own fiance (Matthew Betz) is a bullying brute.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Erich von Stroheim Films<\/li>\n<li>Fay Wray Films<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Star-Crossed Lovers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary seems to be an enormous fan of this fragmented silent epic by Erich von Stroheim, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wedding_March_(1928_film)\">notoriously sadistic, perfectionist tendencies on set<\/a> resulted in a bloated initial cut (11 hours!) which was eventually edited down into two films &#8212; this and its sequel, <em>The Honeymoon<\/em> (the only copy of which was lost in a fire in the 1950s). As with von Stroheim&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24883\"><em>Queen Kelly<\/em> (1929)<\/a>, <em>The Wedding March<\/em> must thus be viewed as a butchered version of the director&#8217;s original vision &#8212; yet despite being lauded by many as one of von Stroheim&#8217;s finest films, I simply can&#8217;t agree. Yes, the cinematography is lovely and the sets painstakingly rendered &#8212; but the melodramatic storyline and stereotypical characters (other than Wray&#8217;s luminous &#8220;Mitzi&#8221;) leave one feeling decidedly neutral about the actual proceedings. While it&#8217;s argued that the film&#8217;s story arc stands just fine on its own, one can&#8217;t help feeling that it is indeed (as intended) merely part of a longer, richer narrative. <em>The Wedding March<\/em> is ultimately only must-see for fans of silent cinema and\/or von Stroheim&#8217;s uniquely truncated oeuvre. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fay Wray as Mitzi<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Wray.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Wray.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"568\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Wray.png 757w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Wray-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Wray-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meticulously crafted sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Sets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"568\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Sets.png 757w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Sets-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Wedding-March-Sets-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; only von Stroheim fans need seek this one out. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, and named one of the Best Films of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>. Selected for preservation by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/film\/filmnfr.html\">National Film Registry<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0019558\/\">IMDb entry<\/li>\n<li><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9B04E5D8173EE73ABC4D52DFB6678383639EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/li>\n<li><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/the-wedding-march-v53724\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/li>\n<li><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-wedding-march\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/li>\n<p><\/a><\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is no such thing as accident. It is Fate &#8212; mis-named.&#8221; Synopsis: A fun-loving Viennese prince (Erich von Stroheim) is warned by his parents (George Fawcett and Maude George) that he must marry for money in order to maintain his sumptuous lifestyle; but despite becoming engaged to a club-footed heiress (Zasu Pitts), he falls in love with a beautiful innkeeper&#8217;s daughter (Fay Wray) whose own fiance (Matthew Betz) is a bullying brute. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cross-Class Romance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31714\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31714"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60196,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714\/revisions\/60196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}