Editing Breach of promise (section)

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''[[Trial by Jury]]'' is an 1875 [[Curtain raiser (drama)|curtain-raiser]] and [[comic opera]] that enacts a satirical trial for breach of promise.  The successful musical launched the careers of librettist [[W.S. Gilbert]] and composer [[Arthur Sullivan]].

In the 1935 film ''[[We're in the Money (film)|We're in the Money]]'', [[Joan Blondell]] and [[Glenda Farrell]] play two process servers trying to serve a rich playboy, [[Ross Alexander]], with a breach of promise suit.

At the start of the 1946 film ''[[Easy to Wed]]'', newspaperman Warren Haggerty ([[Keenan Wynn]]) has abandoned his planned wedding to Gladys Benson ([[Lucille Ball]]) for the umpteenth time when his paper is faced with a libel suit. When Benson storms in to confront him, she threatens him with a breach of promise suit, to which Haggerty replies "Breach of promise suits have been outlawed!"

The episode "A Woman's Privilege" of the featurette series ''[[The Scales of Justice]]'' recounts the unusual case of a man who sues a woman for breach of promise following a cruise ship romance engagement.

In the film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964), [[Paul McCartney]]'s (fictional) grandfather is pursued by young women who want to sue him for breach of promise.

In the 1998 series ''[[Berkeley Square (TV series)|Berkeley Square]]'', Captain Mason is forbidden from marrying Isobelle by her [[Chaperone (social)|chaperone]] Aunt Effie due to his outstanding bills and social indiscretion. He threatens to sue for breach of promise, forcing Effie to accept their engagement to avoid family scandal.

In season 8 of the TV show ''[[Frasier]]'', Donny files a suit against [[Daphne Moon|Daphne]] for running away with [[Niles Crane|Niles]] on the day of their wedding.