Stranded (1935)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Frank Borzage

Writers:

Frank Wead (story) &
Ferdinand Reyher (story) ...

Release Date:

29 junio 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Accidental Death | Bride | Bridge Building | Charity Worker | Charity

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sometimes we fail

Cast

Kay Francis	...	Lynn Palmer
George Brent	...	Mack Hale
Patricia Ellis	...	Velma Tuthill
Donald Woods	...	John Wesley
Robert Barrat	...	Stanislaus Janauschek
Barton MacLane	...	Sharkey
Joseph Crehan	...	Johnny Quinn
William Harrigan	...	Updyke
Henry O'Neill	...	Mr. Tuthill
Frankie Darro	...	James 'Jimmy' Rivers
John Wray	...	Mike Gibbons
Edward McWade	...	Tim Powers
June Travis	...	Mary Rand
Ann Shoemaker	...	Mrs. Tuthill
Gavin Gordon	...	Jack

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Duración:

72 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #878)

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Quotes:

Lynn Palmer: You know what you are? You're a man with his shirt off!

Soundtrack:

About a Quarter To Nine

Sometimes we fail

I was told that Frank Borzage could not read,at least at the beginning of his career.That may account for the extraordinary compassion he displays for his characters.A man who did not learn his work at the university,he is one of the greatest American directors of all time,and as far as the twenties and the thirties are concerned ,simply my favorite.I could not mention one of his films I do not like.Some are masterpieces ("Seventh Heaven "Street Angel' "No greater glory"the river" "little man what now?" "the mortal storm " "strange cargo" ),some are just good ,some such as "Stranded".

Lynn is a marvelous woman;we would like to see such characters in today's movies.She works for Travellers Aid ,she dedicates her life to helping stranded people ;she asks nothing in return and she carries on with little victories (the young boy and his father in jail) and big defeats (the old man);a thing that the man who is in love with her cannot understand:a selfish macho,he wants Lynn to be home as soon he is back from work.One realizes how much this female character is modern for 1935:in the melodramas of those years ,woman sacrificed her life when she was denied love ("only yesterday" "imitation of life" ;but Lynn is different ;she does not work for money or to make her way of life.She cares for the others,period.Like the doctor in "green light", the "three comrades" would do .

When the film begins ,Mack (George Brent)is not unlike Velma ,a girl who cannot understand Lynn (Kay Francis),for she only cares about herself.It will take a strike and horrendous events to make him understand Lynn's high-mindedness.