Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

ben hibburd The Groom Wore Spurs is an Incredibly muddled film. Ginger Rogers stars as attorney Abigail Furnival, whose been assigned to a famous cowboy film actor Ben Castle(Jack Carson). Whose found himself in debt to a mob boss. Over the course of the case she begins to fall in love with him. The film has some structural problems, it goes from starting out as a mob film, then quickly changes Into a romantic comedy, then delves into slapstick, and finally back Into a mob film. These changes aren't seamless and feel jarring when the film switches between tones.Both the screenplay and direction are uninspired and feels like the film was made on the whim of an Idea. Thankfully the shining part of the film is the acting and chemistry between Rogers and Carson. They are both charming and extremely likable and they play off each other with great sincerity. Their chemistry kept me engaged enough to see how the film played out.Overall the film is fairly average, it's bringing nothing original to the table. the camera-work and cinematography are both passable. There's no real standout moment in the film which felt like the result of It's messy screenplay and structure. However it's a film worth watching once just for the two engaging performances between Rogers and Carson.

JohnHowardReid I don't know how Ginger Rogers was prevailed upon to make a movie supporting the blustering, camera-hogging Jack Carson (who has all the best lines, the best camera angles and the best bits of "business"). She obviously didn't read the script beforehand. Ginger is also upstaged by Joan Davis and some of the character actors including Stanley Ridges and Mira McKinney. Nevertheless, she looks rather attractive in Peverell Marley's photography even though director Richard Whorf obviously doesn't like her and always indulges the egotistical Carson at her expense in just about every frame in which the two stars appear. The plot is also taken too seriously and tends to get in the way of the comedy. A further problem is that the movie seems to have been written on the run. There are some turns in the plot, particularly near the end, which those of us who know Hollywood realize could never ever happen in real life.

writers_reign The most cursory glance at the CVs of the two leads will reveal sound projects both before and after this turkey - Rogers had just shot Storm Warning at Warners and would go on to Monkey Business with Cary Grant at Fox whilst Carson would land a plum supporting role in the best (Judy Garland) version of A Star Is Born three years later. So one can only guess at the desperation/insecurity both must have felt to get involved in this drek. Inconsistencies? Let me count the ways. We're asked to believe that Carson, a major cowboy star who has his own plane, complete with pilot, can't come up with sixty K to get a gangster off his back, that Ginger Rogers, a successful attorney, shares a small apartment with Joan Davis, that savvy, street-smart attorney Rogers would fall for and marry Carson on the strength of one 'business' meeting at his home and one evening together in Vegas. In fact Rogers and Carson made five films together at RKO and this one, at Universal, is the only time he ever wound up with her. This is definitely one to avoid.

annevejb I am writing this only because there are no IMDb user comments at January 2008. * I got this and A Shriek In The Night 1933 because they are Ginger Rogers, no other reason. Shriek has several detailed comments from people who know that era and they tend to rate it as okay entertainment as well as a useful example of the final days of one particular low budget production company. Also, a glimpse of Ginger before her RKO roles with Fred. The only problem, for me, with Shriek is the sound quality. It gets in the way. * Groom as a bit more mature, and also with okay sound and vision. Still only 4x3 black and white, but it is still a carrier for Ginger. This IMDb page does have a need for some reasonably well informed user comments.