I looove this movie, but I was really, really hoping that Joan would end up with Franchot in the end. I liked them together so much better than her and Gable. I feel it would have been perfect if Joan married him. They were so cute together! Does anyone else feel disappointed in the ending?
shareI understand your point but I wasn't disappointed that Joan ended up with Gable. They had sparks between them and that's where she should have ended up. She would have grown cold and bitter with Franchot due to the lack of a genuine love for him and this would have ruined his happiness. Better that she moved on and then he could find someone who genuinely loved him....In real life Franchot was Joan's third husband....
I enjoyed this movie...I really like the classic's !!
This was one of Crawfish's best moovies - Loved it! Loved the amount of crawford-skin they showed too, they got away with a lot in this pre-code film.
In the scenes with Tone, Crawface has a lovely furrow in her forhead, they were not married in real life during that film were they? I was under the impression that Crawford and Gable were groping each other during that time. She married Tonee later, after Bette Davis and Tone had a little beast with two backs action?
I thought it was good for the character, cos when she is with Gable, there wre sparks, but when she was with Tone, well, she had that lovely furrow in her forehead, like when most people get when they are irritated by someone. And Tones' repeated attepmts to buy Crawfish in this film, would have irritated anyone!
Joan and Franchot were dating at that time. They met on the set of her film "Today we live" (which also came out in 1933). They did not marry until 1935, I believe. I suppose maybe she wouldn't have been genuinely happy with Todd. I loved their scenes together, especially during the "Everything I have is yours" dance and during the scene where he proposes to her. I thought Gable and Crawford had sparks, but not as much as Tone and Crawford in my opinion.
I love everything about the movie, except I always wish she stayed with Todd. Oh well. Still this was definitely one of my favorite Joan Crawford films.
Crawford was having sex with Tone and Gable.
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shareLOL, Jason. I just watched this movie, and was really surprised that Franchot & Joan would marry, b/c I didn't feel any real chemistry there, imho. But maybe I was too blinded by Gable, lol. I didn't like Franchot's character, b/c I felt he didn't really love Joan in the film - he was a spoiled rich boy who saw something he wanted, and was used to getting whatever he wanted. He tried to buy her, and even went as far as sabotaging her career to keep her under his thumb. I think once the novelty of having her wore off - and it always does for his type, she would be cast aside in favor of some other new conquest. Gable & Joan's characters had more in common as well as a mutual respect for each other, so I thought it was fitting that they ended up together.
"Are you going to your grave with unlived lives in your veins?" ~ The Good Girl
I just watched this movie, and was really surprised that Franchot & Joan would marry, b/c I didn't feel any real chemistry there, imho. But maybe I was too blinded by Gable, lol. I didn't like Franchot's character, b/c I felt he didn't really love Joan in the film - he was a spoiled rich boy who saw something he wanted, and was used to getting whatever he wanted. He tried to buy her, and even went as far as sabotaging her career to keep her under his thumb. I think once the novelty of having her wore off - and it always does for his type, she would be cast aside in favor of some other new conquest. Gable & Joan's characters had more in common as well as a mutual respect for each other, so I thought it was fitting that they ended up together.
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'Nuff said!
Okay folks, show's over, nothing to see here!
I didn't want her character to end up with Tone, because she showed no enthusiasm for him in the story. Janie almost seemed more trapped than "in love" in any sense. I think their marriage would have been very dismal...
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