Holy Matrimony (1943 film)

Holy Matrimony
Directed byJohn M. Stahl
Written byNunnally Johnson
Based onnovel Buried Alive
by Arnold Bennett
Produced byNunnally Johnson
StarringMonty Woolley
Gracie Fields
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 27, 1943 (1943-08-27)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$709,000[1]
Box office$1,250,000 (US rentals)[2] or $1.5 million[3]
$1,570,700 (worldwide)[1]

Holy Matrimony is a 1943 comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was based on the 1908 novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett.[4] It stars Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields, with Laird Cregar, Una O'Connor, Alan Mowbray, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, and George Zucco in supporting roles.

Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

  1. ^ a b Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
  3. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220
  4. ^ "Of Local Origin." New York Times. September 15, 1943.

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