Forsaking All Others (1935)
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For 20 years, Jeff Williams (Clark Gable) has been in love with his childhood playmate Mary Clay (Joan Crawford). Alas, Jeff has never said as much, thus Mary becomes engaged to another childhood friend, Dill Todd (Robert Montgomery). Returning from a trip to Spain for the purpose of proposing to Mary, Jeff is taken aback when he learns of the impending marriage. Stout fellow that he is, however, he agrees to act as Dill's best man. Comes the day of the wedding, and Dill leaves Mary at the altar to run off with his mistress Connie (Frances Drake). Jeff stays behind to console Mary -- yet he still doesn't tell her how much he loves her. Small wonder, then, that a chastened Dill is able to rekindle his romance with Mary and plan a second ceremony. Disillusioned, Jeff is about to return to Spain, when at the last minute, comedy-relief Charles Butterworth tells Mary what's up with Jeff. "Suddenly everything is clear!" says Mary -- 84 minutes after the MGM lion introduced Forsaking All Others. Its plot absurdities aside, this star vehicle is splendidly glossy entertainment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joan Crawford - Mary Clay
- Robert Montgomery - Dylan Todd
- Billie Burke - Paula
- Rosalind Russell - Eleanor
- Arthur Treacher - Johnson
- Clark Gable - Jeff Williams
- Charles Butterworth - Shep
- Frances Drake - Connie
- Tom Ricketts - Wiffens
- Greta Meyer - Bella
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Writer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Bernard Hyman
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