Sunday, October 11, 2009

No Room for the Groom (1952)

A soldier gets married while on leave and cannot consummate his marriage due to contracting chickenpox on his wedding night. Several months later he gets another one-week leave and returns to his house only to find it occupied by his wife's hostile mother and her many relatives.

A considerable part of this comedy is a variation on the theme of A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919). It gets complicated here by the additional theme of capitalism vs. traditional values as embodied by the rivalry between the hero and the owner of a cement factory. An entertaining film.

Rating: 52

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