Small Town Girl (1936 film)

Small town girl (Original Title: Small Town Girl ) is an American comedy film from 1936 directed by William A. Wellman Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor are seen in the lead roles.. As a literary model served on the novel by Ben Ames Williams.

Action

Kay Brannan is tired of the boring small town life in Carvel. You can not endure the same old everyday with her family. Also from their boring admirer Elmer she feels annoyed arrive as countless football fans in the place, because they have to drive on the way to a football game between Yale and Harvard, a diversion. In the evening it is almost hit by a car. Sitting in the van Robert Dakin, a brain surgeon from Boston. He asks for directions to a restaurant and takes her unceremoniously to celebrate with her. Drunk he wants then go with her to Boston. Along the way they will stop and he proposes to marry. Kay hesitates and finally agrees, but offers her a marriage to Robert the ability to finally get out of Carvel. The next morning, again become sober Robert realizes his mistake and proposes an annulment of the marriage. Together they drive to his parents' home in Boston. Robert's parents are quite pleased with Kay. However, since Robert was actually engaged to the wealthy Priscilla Hyde, they fear a scandal that could cost the Robert career. Robert, therefore, proposes that he and Kay to stay together six months, and then quietly file for divorce. Kay has it a necessity.

They spend their honeymoon on the family yacht. The staff compared to trying to audition to be a happy couple in love, which gives them first rather difficult. During their journey, they will stop for a stop and go ashore. A young goat is caught there in a wire fence. Robert and Kay rush the animal to help. Robert and Kay doctored it suits him here to help. Back in Boston developed increasingly Kay feelings for Robert. He also begins to like them, but he also feels obliged Priscilla, as it returns after a trip to Europe, and he begins to secretly meet with Priscilla.

One evening Kay receives a call from the hospital. Jimmy, a young patient who has grown fond of Robert, must be operated on immediately. Robert should therefore immediately to the hospital. Kay immediately calls when Priscilla and asks her to give Robert know. Priscilla, however, refuses and says that Kay should just invent an excuse for Robert. Kay then travels to Priscilla and Robert told personally by the emergency. Robert, who had been drinking something, rushes to the hospital, but does not feel the operating table in a position to be able to perform the operation. Another aspiring surgeon finally jumps for him. At home, Robert feels miserable. He had failed all along the line. Kay tries to cheer him up and tell him her feelings, but a call from Priscilla her unexpected happens and she leaves the house sad. She is looking at Robert's father and tells him that she will leave Robert and go back to their hometown. Shortly afterwards, will be announced in the newspaper that Kay and Robert have separated and the divorce is imminent. In their family, Kay lives as before. One night she meets Elmer, who still hopes for a future with her. However, Robert comes over with his car and gives Kay to understand that he does not want to divorce her. Kay goes up to him in the car and drives away happy with it.

Background

Actually, Jean Harlow was to take over the female lead. Robert Montgomery Robert Taylor in turn should play role originally. After Harlow had dropped out of the project, you saw Maureen O'Sullivan for the role of Kay Brennan. Then, however, MGM decided to Janet Gaynor, the first for the role unsuitable stopped and had to be borrowed from 20th Century Fox. As a director, was originally Jack Conway in conversation, but ultimately took over William A. Wellman directed the film. Filming lasted from December 26 1935 to 23 March 1936. In February 1936 Wellman had his work on small town girl for two weeks due to a severe flu adjust. Robert Z. Leonard jumped for him at this time a short term. While Wellman's absence commissioned the producer Hunt Stromberg, the pair of authors Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett to write an alternate ending for the screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Edith Fitzgerald.

Small town girl started on 10 April 1936 in the American cinema. 1952 MGM turned a movie under the same original title, which was published in 1953 and is sometimes considered a remake, but only to some extent has similarities with Wellman's film of 1936. The latter was renamed for its American television premiere in One Horse Town.

Ben Ames Williams literary work was first published in 1935 in the Saturday Evening Post with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. One of these illustrations was used in the opening credits of the film as a background image.

Reviews

Frank S. Nugent was from the New York Times that " Ben Ames Williams pleasing novel Small Town Girl equally pleasing to the canvas " had been taken and owns " complacent actor," but probably as " another one of those pleasure union, albeit very romantic MGM productions " 'll dismissed. The beginning was promising, but then drifting into the story from clichés. However, Nugent admitted the film is also a " lovable charm and moments of warm-hearted comedy " to. Especially since the occupation was not to blame for the shortcomings: Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor give his opinion, " a beautiful couple " from.

Variety attested the movie " nice comedy sequences and a balanced occupation." The fabric was indeed " well known and predictable", but succeed with the film "Tempo and humanity " a " skillful blend of sentimentality and fun." As for the actors, evaluated Variety Janet Gaynor's appearance as " strikingly sovereign". Robert Taylor look so, " as the ladies like to have it ", and play well, " that do not interfere with the men in it."

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