Mannequin (1937)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Frank Borzage

Writers:

Katharine Brush (story)
Lawrence Hazard (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 January 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The Romance of a Shopgirl's Millions

Plot:

Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Marriage | Show Business | Ship | Dancing

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Jessie Cassidy
Spencer Tracy	...	John L. Hennessey
Alan Curtis	...	Eddie Miller
Ralph Morgan	...	Briggs
Mary Philips	...	Miss Beryl Lee (as Mary Phillips)
Oscar O'Shea	...	'Pa' Cassidy
Elisabeth Risdon	...	'Ma' Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Leo Gorcey	...	Clifford Cassidy

Also Known As:

Class (USA) (working title)
Saint or Sinner (USA) (working title)
Shop Girl (USA) (working title)
Three Rooms in Heaven (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #3839)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Quotes:

Jessie Cassidy: Look, Eddie, here's a world. You and I have this little space all to ourselves. What we feel for each other shuts out all the rest. So what more do we need? That's all people have to fight for is... a little place to themselves. Do you see what I mean?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Always and Always

just adequate

I haven't seen too many of Frank Borzage's movies but the ones i have seen are just OK like The Mortal Storm and the only one i really liked came out the same year as this one called Big City, not too many people liked it but i did. This movie starts out with Joan Crawford working to provide for her family while her father says he's looking for a job but not really. Crawford can hardly take it anymore and marries her boyfriend, played by Alan Curtis, who she thinks has money but it's all a show. Crawford then meets Spencer Tracy who is a millionaire and he instantly falls for her. Crawford slowly begins to understand that her husband is just as bad as her family and Tracy wants to marry her but she doesn't love him. It's just an OK movie and the two stars made much better movies than this one.