Lady of the Tropics
(1936)
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Rita Claybourne
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| Robert Taylor | ... |
Chris
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Professor Fahrenheim
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| Joseph Calleia | ... |
'Fish-Eye'
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John Eldredge | ... |
Tom
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Samuel S. Hinds | ... |
Dr. Claybourne
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Phyllis Clare | ... |
Clara
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Leonard Mudie | ... |
Pete
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Jed Prouty | ... |
Bill Arnold
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Pedro de Cordoba | ... |
Dr. Capolo
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Rafael Storm | ... |
Captain Tanetz
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William Stack | ... |
Winters
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Edgar Edwards | ... |
Charlie
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Rita Wilson meets epidemiologist Chris Claybourne and they fall in love with each other. When Claybourne leaves for the tropics to find a cure against a disease, Wilson gets her revenge by marrying Claybourne's brother although she still loves him. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 August 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
My Brother's Wife See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Rita Wilson Claybourne: Which is the glass eye, the one on the right?
Chris Claybourne: Yeah. How'd you know?
Rita Wilson Claybourne: Oh, I don't know. It has a kinder expression than the real one.
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(1936) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Played during the opening credits and often as background music
Played as dance music at the nightclub
Sung by an unidentified black man at the nightclub
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Chris Claybourne: [gesturing toward a portrait] Tough old bird; he had a wooden leg and a glass eye.Rita Wilson Claybourne: Which is the glass eye, the one on the right?
Chris Claybourne: Yeah. How'd you know?
Rita Wilson Claybourne: Oh, I don't know. It has a kinder expression than the real one.
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Soundtracks
"Can't We Fall in Love"(1936) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Played during the opening credits and often as background music
Played as dance music at the nightclub
Sung by an unidentified black man at the nightclub
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Folks, this one is from 1936 so we have to take it for what it is. During the early years of talkies, Hollywood came up with some very interesting tales to tell. His Brother's Wife is one of them. Robert Taylor plays the younger brother to the brother that Barbara Stanwyck marries in retaliation for Taylor's going into the depths of the Jungle to find a cure for some god-awful plague. Confusing? It is? Confusing and almost silly. Yet, there is a touch of that old classic film magic that makes it a delight to watch.
There is something about the on-screen chemistry between Taylor and Stanwyck, (most likely spurning from their real life romance), that makes you keep watching. The scenes between the two stars make the whole twisted tale worth sitting through.
Now, don't be fooled, there are many more films that have plots that are more contrived than His Brother's Wife, but there is something about the jump form New York, to the Jungle, and then back to New York, then to the Jungle again, that makes this film a little more silly than most. But, lets face it, if you choose to watch this film you are doing so all for the man with the perfect profile's smile (Robert Taylor) and The Ball of Fire's spunk (Barbara Stanwyck).
All and all this is a fun film to watch. It by no means is predictable--
most likely due to the fact that the plot is out of this world.
Enjoy. I did.