
English: Wedding cake (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There is something wonderfully romantic about weddings. Two people making a serious, legal commitment to love each other and take care of each other. I’m in the middle of a manuscript that has a wedding (no big surprise there) and I’m thinking about some of my favorite weddings in books and film. Many spoilers below….

♫ ‘How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria?’ ♫ (Photo credit: marragem)
Sound of Music. Beautiful wedding scene — great dress, great church — until they sing, “How do you solve a problem like Maria??? ” I always thought that was weird. And funny.
Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth finally kissing Jennifer Ehle after the minister marries the two couples and the camera cuts to a sour faced Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Great stuff.
It’s a Wonderful Life. George Bailey getting married in the rain. Mary’s grumpy mother watching it all and crying because she doesn’t want Mary to marry George.
Runaway Bride. Although I’m not sure all those fantastically overdone almost-weddings count. But they’re fun. I loved her escaping in the FedEx truck.
Jane Eyre. The absolute best almost-wedding, ever. Great in the book and all the film versions.
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anthony Andrews/Jane Seymour version) Great scene when Percy discovers on his wedding day that his wonderful wife sent people to the guillotine. My favorite scene with Anthony Andrews. Give me a heartbroken, angsty handsome man who must hide his feelings. I love it.

Cropped screenshot of Myrna Loy from the trailer for the film The Best Years of Our Lives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Best Years of Our Lives. Sweet, sweet wedding, which reminds us of what true love is. And I will say again that I want to be Myrna Loy when I grow up.
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