Man's Castle

1933
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1h 15m

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Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young in Man's Castle (1933)

Charming vagabond Bill takes young, unemployed Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he convinces showgirl Fay La Rue to support him, Trina discovers she's pregnant.Charming vagabond Bill takes young, unemployed Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he convinces showgirl Fay La Rue to support him, Trina discovers she's pregnant.Charming vagabond Bill takes young, unemployed Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he convinces showgirl Fay La Rue to support him, Trina discovers she's pregnant.

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Spencer Tracy

Bill

Loretta Young

Trina

Marjorie Rambeau

Flossie

Glenda Farrell

Fay La Rue

Walter Connolly

Arthur Hohl

Bragg

Dickie Moore

Joey

Harry Akst

Piano Player
(uncredited)

Harvey Clark

Cafe Manager
(uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy

Mother
(uncredited)

R. Henry Grey

Headwaiter
(uncredited)

Leonard Kibrick

Baseball Team's Catcher
(uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Kendall McComas

Slades
(uncredited)

Etta McDaniel

Dressing Room Maid
(uncredited)

Tony Merlo

Waiter
(uncredited)

Harold Miller

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Borzage
Writers
- Jo Swerling
- Lawrence Hazard
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Trivia
Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy began a torrid love affair that lasted about a year. Young ended the relationship ostensibly due to not being granted absolution because she was dating a married Catholic.

Goofs
Spencer Tracy wears his wedding ring throughout the film.

Quotes
Trina: Gosh, even birds can't fly all the time. They get tired and have to come home.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

Soundtracks
Surprise!
Sung by Glenda Farrell

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9/10

My first Borzage

My parents lived through the depression, and they would have found themselves right at home in the world of Man's Castle. Bill's roughness is entirely appropriate for the times, given that he must live by his wits in a difficult world. Trina's sweetness seems a bit unreal, given the cynicism of our times, but I believed in it because Loretta Young gives a very natural and moving performance. She was only 20 and acts like a much more experienced performer.

The romanticism of the movie is wonderful to see. Borzage--whose work I'd never seen before--believes in what he's doing and makes us believe in it too. Roosevelt is fresh in the White House and there is a spirit of hope and renewal in the country. I could criticize the editing for being a little too abrupt (cutting the film down to fit the B part of a double-bill), as an example the scene with Bill and Fay in her rooms, but that doesn't detract from my admiration.