Love, Honor and Behave (1938)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Stanley Logan

Writers:

Stephen Vincent Benet (story)
Robert Buckner (writer)

Release Date:

12 March 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A woman raises her son Ted to be a good loser, in effect creating a weakling who never asserts himself...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Divorce | Elopement | Infidelity | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Wayne Morris	...	Ted Painter
Priscilla Lane	...	Barbara Blake
John Litel	...	Jim Blake
Thomas Mitchell	...	Dan Painter
Dick Foran	...	Pete Martin
Barbara O'Neil	...	Sally Painter (as Barbara O'Neill)
Mona Barrie	...	Lisa Blake
Minor Watson	...	Dr. 'Mac' MacConaghey
Donald Briggs	...	Yale Tennis Coach
Margaret Irving	...	Nan Bowleigh
Gregory Gaye	...	Count Humbert
Dickie Moore	...	Ted, as a child
Audrey Leonard	...	Barbara, as a child
Crauford Kent	...	Tennis Announcer

Also Known As:

Everybody Was Very Nice (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Soundtrack:

Bei mir bist du Schön

This one misses the mark.

While this movie's intentions might have been good, the execution of it is where it fails, primarily because of some thankfully outdated notions.

It's a shame, too, that 'Lane, Priscilla' (qv)'s performance gets a bit overshadowed by the content of the film. She is an absolute delight and her performance during the end sequence is both hilarious and beautiful at the same time.

This just goes to prove something that I've learned recently while watching movies from the 1930s and 40s: Priscilla Lane makes any movie that much better.