Half a Bride the now important marriage problem ... gives to the screen one of the greatest epics of all times". "Photoplay" magazine called the film "good entertainment". "Motion Picture" magazine wrote, "Gary Cooper is at his best and Esther Ralston is particularly winning." Less impressed with the film, the "Montreal Gazette" described "Half a Bride" as "a rather familiar story told with none too great originality and lacking almost entirely the element of suspense." Half a Bride Half a Bride is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, and William Worthington. Based
About a Quarter to Nine About a Quarter to Nine "About a Quarter to Nine" is a popular song written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and published in 1935 by M. Witmark & Son, New York. The songwriting partnership of Dubin and Warren wrote "About a Quarter to Nine" for the 1935 musical film "Go into Your Dance", directed by Archie L. Mayo and starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler. In the film the song is introduced by Jolson. This song and the satirical song "She's a Latin from Manhattan" were the most successful songs from the movie. The song was used again in