Based on a play by Lolita Ann Westman and H.H. Van Loan, The Runaway Bride casts
Mary Astor in the title role. Newly wed to Blaine (
Lloyd Hughes), Mary (Astor) is all set to enjoy her honeymoon in Atlantic City. But the consummation of her marriage will have to wait, thanks to a jewel robbery, a pickpocket chambermaid (Natalie Moorehead), and an enforced stay at a shady hospital run by gangsters. Throughout it all, our heroine wears a resigned expression on her face -- and who could blame her?
Runaway Bride was directed by actor
Donald Crisp, who should have stuck to the business-end of the camera. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide