The Bride Goes Wild (1948) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1948 · 98 mins · English

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Starring

Hume Cronyn, Una Merkel, Frank Ferguson, June Allyson, Van Johnson, Connie Gilchrist

McGrath, a children's book publisher, relies on his star author Uncle Bump (Greg), whose drinking stalls his next manuscript. Martha wins a contest to illustrate the book, but Greg gets her drunk. To keep her, John hires juvenile delinquent Danny to pose as his son, exposing Greg’s pressures. The scheme works at first, but Greg’s broken heart over Tillie may heal when Martha enters his life.