Forsaking All Others

1934
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1h 23m

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Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Robert Montgomery in Forsaking All Others (1934)

Dill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dill, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her.Dill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dill, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her.Dill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dill, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her.

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6.4/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Goofs
As Mary and Aunt Paula exit the room after telling Jeff that Mary is to be married, he takes out his cigarette case and opens it. The scene cuts to Shep coming in and back to Jeff who suddenly doesn't have the case out and is leaning against a table.

Quotes
Mary Clay: Jeff, has it ever occurred to you that this is none of your business?
Jeffrey 'Jeff': It's none of my business when I see a dog being whipped, but I'll stop it every time.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits the three stars of the film, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Robert Montgomery are seen walking hand in hand.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "LA DONNA È MOBILE - Widescreen Edition" (in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

Soundtracks
Forsaking All Others
(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Written for the movie and possibly played as background music

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8/10

A very good 1930's romantic comedy

This is one of the several movies that Joan Crawford made with Clark Gable, and fortunately quite a few of them (maybe all) have made it to at least DVD-R via the Warner Archive. This is one of the best the two did together. It's a romantic comedy in which Joan plays socialite Mary Clay, who is about to marry lifelong acquaintance Dillon Todd (Robert Montgomery). Clark Gable plays another of Mary's lifelong friends, Jeff Williams. Jeff has been long away from home and decides to come back just to ask Mary to marry him, unaware that Mary is about to marry Dillon. When he learns about their upcoming marriage he decides to keep his feelings to himself, although the look he has as if having been punched in the stomach when he hears the news says it all. Robert Montgomery is playing the usual harmless playboy character here that he did so much of in the early 1930's. It looks like Mary and Dillon's marriage is about to go off without a hitch until one of Dillon's old girlfriends appears on the scene.

This film was released about six months after the precode era ended, so there is nothing really racey going on here. About the most extreme thing you will see is Robert Montgomery in a dress. However, W.S. Van Dyke is the director of this film, and he knew how to combine sexual tension and comedy in an age of aggressive censorship, and this is a fine example of his work. I highly recommend it to fans of films of the 1930's.