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The Runaway Bride (1930)

The Runaway Bride poster
Directed by
Donald Crisp
Genre
crime film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman on the run from her wedding gets caught up with a criminal. She tries to hide her past while a romance develops with a reporter.

fast-pacedromanticsuspensefuldatedlight-heartedbreezyold-fashionedcharming

What happens

The Runaway Bride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Paul Hurst. It was directed by Donald Crisp, from a screenplay by Jane Murfin, adapted from the play Cooking Her Goose by H. H. Van Loan and Lolita Ann Westman. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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