THE BRIDE COULDN'T WAIT
(Archway) [N spite of a title which suggests one of the more leery Aldwych farces, this unpretentious comecy manages to combine warmth, compassion for human frailty and a robust humour. The goodnatured Anselmo, who stops en route to his own wedding to save a young woman from drowning, finds himself with an unmarried mother and a flock of consequential problems on his hands. After all, as he says, you can’t treat a human being like a package, to be dumped just anywhere. Of course, Anselmo’s bride is. kept waiting an unconscionable time, and, of course, there are the obvious misunderstandings, but the spectacle of Anselmo’s conscience working overtime is the principal attraction. Most of the credit for a PF sgpteowc film goes here to Gino Cervi (and, course, to Zavattini for the script), but Odile Versois and Lollobrigida (as the bride) help, too.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 16
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147THE BRIDE COULDN'T WAIT New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 16
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