I Take This Woman Review by B Movie Ben (3 Stars)

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Directed By
Frank Borzage, Josef von Sternberg, W. S. Van Dyke II

Written By:
James Kevin McGuinness, Ben Hecht

Cast:
Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale, Laraine Day, Mona Barrie, Jack Carson, Paul Cavanagh, Louis Calhern, Frances Drake, Marjorie Main, George E. Stone, Willie Best, Don Castle, Dalies Frantz

I Take This Woman (1940)

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Movie Review by B Movie Ben

April 11th, 2008

Everything that happens is fair.

With two Oscars already on his shelf (Boy's Town, Captains Courageous),
Tracy looks lost here. And well he should, as this was a vehicle for
promoting Hedy Lamarr. The interference by a major Hollywood producer
resulted in three directors and 18 months of shooting. Naturally, a
patchwork film like that wouldn't do well at the box office.

Tracy is a doctor in a downtown clinic that takes up with an uptown
girl who is having men problems. He finds a diamond and steals it. But,
he is out of his element.

Lamarr is glorious to look at and a fine actress, but this story just
didn't wash and the ending is something Capra copied years later in
It's a Wonderful Life. It was schmaltzy in both films.

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