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28 November 1931 (USA) morePlot:
Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Not Bad John Gilbert Talkie moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | John Gilbert | ... | Jerry Seevers |
 | El Brendel | ... | Axel 'Swede' Axelson |
| Lois Moran | ... | Dot |
| Madge Evans | ... | Anne |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Mac, the Ranch Foreman |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Judge Barham |
| Gwen Lee | ... | Maizie |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Mrs. Edith Trent |
| Ruth Renick | ... | Barbara Main |
| Willie Fung | ... | Wing, the Cook |
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68 min | USA:73 minCountry:
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)Fun Stuff
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You get the feeling this might have been a bigger picture. The tacked on ending ruins the preceding hour, which showcases John Gilbert, the great romantic idol of silent films. Certainly one of the most controversial figures of the dawn of talkies. Gilbert's great career crashed fast and fatally. His voice was fine, and he was a terrific actor. But he was never able to recover from the debacle of his starring talkie debut in His Glorious Night. Despite terrific performances in Downstairs and Queen Christina (with Greta Garbo) Gilbert made no headway as the 30s moved along. Several of his talkies were downright awful, but West of Broadway isn't bad at all despite the hacked up ending. Gilbert plays a cad who gets married to a woman because his fiancée jilts him. He then spends the rest of the movie trying to unload her. Lois Moran is quite good as the unwanted wife; Madge Evans is the snooty fiancée. El Brendel (playing his usual fake Swede) and Willie Fung as the Arizona houseboy have a funny scene trying to understand each other. Hedda Hopper, Ralph Bellamy, and Frank Conroy co-star. Gilbert was married to stage actress Ina Claire, who happened to be my grandfather's cousin, so I've always felt a connection to John Gilbert. What a tragedy. He should have been as big a star in talkies as he was in silent films.