Hold Your Man (1933)
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There's nothing wrong with Hold Your Man that a little editing wouldn't cure. Clark Gable plays a raffish young petty crook who hides out in hard-boiled Jean Harlow's apartment after he pulls off a robbery. Harlow enjoys Gable's company, and soon the two are living together. Gable puts his criminal career on hold for a while, but when Harlow, jealous of her boy friend's womanizing, fabricates a romance with "wealthy" laundry owner Paul Hurst, Gable decides to knock over Hurst's establishment. Hurst is accidentally killed, whereupon Gable runs off to parts unknown, leaving Harlow to take the rap. While in prison, Harlow discovers she's pregnant with Gable's baby. The conscience-stricken Gable tries to fix things by sneaking into prison and hastily marrying Harlow. By coming out of hiding, Gable allows himself to be arrested, but Harlow promises to wait for him. Hold Your Man starts out as an acerbic "sez you" comedy-drama, then bogs down into a big pile of sentimental goo (a common problem with MGM films of the early 1930). Still, the first few reels are infinitely entertaining, thanks to the chemistry between Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jean Harlow - Ruby Adams
- Stuart Erwin - Al Simpson
- Muriel Kirkland - Bertha Dillon
- Barbara Barondess - Sadie Kline
- Elizabeth Patterson - Miss Tuttle
- George H. Reed - Rev. Crippen
- Louise Beavers - Powder Room Maid
- Eva McKenzie - Cooking Teacher
- Harry Semels - Neighbor
- Guy Kibbee
- Inez Courtney - Maizie
- Helen Freeman - Miss Davis
- Clark Gable - E. Huntington Hall (Eddie)
- Dorothy Burgess - Gypsy
- Garry Owen - Slim
- Paul Hurst - Aubrey C. Mitchell
- Theresa Harris - Lily Mae Crippen
- Ruby Adams - Jean Harlow
- Nora Cecil - Miss Campbell
- Addison Randall - Dance Extra
- Jack Cheatham - Cop
- George Pat Collins - Phil Dunn
- Blanche Frederici - Mrs. Wagner
- Frank S. Hagney - Cop
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- Howard Emmet Rogers, Emmett Rogers, Anita Loos
- Producer(s):
- Sam Wood, Bernard Hyman
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