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The Demi Bride

Production: Not Available;
Premiere: Not Available;
Released: February 19, 1927;
Production/Distribution Companies: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures;
Runtime: 76 minutes;
Country: USA;
Language: English;
Color: Black and White;
Sound Mix: Silent;
Not available on VHS or DVD;

Cast: Norma Shearer as Criquette; Lew Cody as Philippe Levaux; Lionel Belmore as Monsieur Girard; Tenen Holtz as Gaston; Carmel Myers as Madame Girard; Dorothy Sebastian as Lola; Nora Cecil as Schoolteacher;

Production Credits:
Produced by: Irving Thalberg; Robert Z. Leonard;
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard;
Writers: F. Hugh Herbert; Florence Ryerson;
Gowns by: unknown;
Editing: William Le Vanway;

Reviews:

“A very lively French farce has been directed by Robert Z. Leonard with a sure hand, and a humorous eye, which rests not only on each separate scene, but always sees straight through to the end of the picture. Which is no ordinary achievement in the handling of these flippant complexities. Each scene is very nicely turned, and the whole is original, utterly ridiculous, and highly entertaining. It’s about a not at all timorous little French girl of fourteen thereabouts who sees what she wants of life over the convent wall, and proceeds to vault. Lew Cody is the unhappy aim of her existence, and he hasn’t a chance against the relentless tactics she employs. Norma Shearer makes of this simpering infant as objectionable a child as we’ve met since Little Mildred. Her performance is clever, consistent, and delightful. Lew Cody’s version of the ultra sophisticated Frenchman is rather apathetic, but he gets his effect. It’s worth seeing.”
Motion Picture, June 1927

“Norma Shearer’s latest starring vehicle, which has set forth on its career under the title of The Demi-Bride, is a picture that will not bore anyone with its weight, for it is fare that is decidedly light. There are any number of uproariously funny situations, merged with a story that moves along swiftly and maintains a fine suspense.
I will not say that it will rank among the more important of Miss Shearer’s achievements. It is hardly comparable, for example to Upstage and He Who Gets Slapped, but it is infinitely superior as entertainment to several of her other efforts.”
Herbert Moulton in the Los Angeles Times, February 12, 1927

“Despite the box-office draft of the star, Norma Shearer, The Demi-Bride is a tedious picture, and all told, just fair.”
Variety, March 23, 1927

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