Westward Passage

1932
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1h 13m

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Laurence Olivier and Ann Harding in Westward Passage (1932)

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

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5.3/10

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Trivia
Theatrical movie debut of Bonita Granville (Little Olivia Allen (age 10)).

Goofs
Nick's telegram congratulating Olivia and Harry on their marriage is dated May 10 1928. Later scenes are supposed to take place six years later, despite the film having been released in 1932.

Quotes
Olivia: I'd go bare-legged with you.

Connections
Referenced in The Complete Citizen Kane (1991)

Soundtracks
The Wedding March
(uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Played by Laurence Olivier on the piano

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Nice Drama

I liked this movie, in fact I like very much Ann Harding's "natural" acting style, her fresh appearance, her smile, she's a great (& forgotten) talent, and she needs to be rediscovered, as the excellent actress (& star) she was in the early thirties. Thanks to TCM, I've been able myself to "discover" her luminous presence on the silver screen, because few of her films are available on any format, on the market.

Here she plays nicely opposite a very young Laurence Olivier, and they have wonderful chemistry, as a struggling couple of newlyweds, trying to cope with their "incompatibilities", he's an aspiring writer and she tries hard to be the "devoted" wife.

Nice support from Irving Pichel as Harding's eternal suitor, Juliette Compton as Harding's sophisticated cousin,... check for Bonita Granville's first film role, as Harding & Olivier's daughter, who looks very, very pretty...she's already got plenty of talent & that "je ne sais quois" that made her a child star, later in the decade, as the brat in Goldwyn's 1936 "These Three".

A quality picture.