Half a Bride

Half a Bride

Half a Bride

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Half a Bride

"Trial marriage. Front pages of the papers preach it. Disappointed couples advocate it. Come see the experiment put to the test in as entertaining a screen story as you've seen in months."

1928

1h 7m

5.5(2 votes)

Drama

Romance

Adventure

Overview

Patience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn't love. While honeymooning on her yacht without her new husband, Patience is marooned on a desert island with handsome Captain Edmunds. Her head full of notions that she's gleaned from radio dramas and pulp novels, Patience demands that she and Edmunds enter into an in-name-only marriage, observing the responsibilities and proprieties of matrimony without the sexual entanglements. Complications naturally arise.

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Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

7 members

Acting

Esther Ralston

Patience Winslow

Esther Ralston

Acting

Gary Cooper

Capt. Edmunds

Gary Cooper

Acting

William Worthington

Mr. Winslow

William Worthington

Acting

Freeman Wood

Jed Sessions

Freeman Wood

Acting

Mary Doran

Betty Brewster

Mary Doran

Acting

Guy Oliver

Chief Engineer

Guy Oliver

Acting

Ray Gallagher

Engineer

Ray Gallagher

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