Directed by:
Frank BorzageCinematography:
George J. FolseyComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter, Allyn Joslyn, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar O'Shea, Frank Albertson, Bess Flowers (more)VOD (1)
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When Joan Crawford saw The Shining Hour on stage, she pleaded with the studio to let her spread her acting wings in the film version. She got her wish, playing a New York siren who marries a prosperous farmer (Melvyn Douglas) and moves to Wisconsin. There she is drawn to his handsome brother (Robert Young), even as she befriends the brother's selfless wife (Margaret Sullavan). The passionate triangle plays out in the best tradition of classic screen melodrama: glossy and chic, but resonant with honest emotion. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joan Crawford
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Margaret Sullavan
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
Robert Young
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
Fay Bainter
USA
Best movies:
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Jezebel (1938)
Allyn Joslyn
USA
Best movies:
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Hattie McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Oscar O'Shea
Canada
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Frank Albertson
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Jimmy Conlin
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Granville Bates
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Cyril Ring
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Charles Coleman
Australia
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Love Is News (1937)
E. Alyn Warren
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Double Wedding (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Frank Puglia
Italy
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Jack Raymond
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Three Comrades (1938)