An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.
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Title: Possessed (1931)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joan Crawford | ... | Marian Martin | |
| Clark Gable | ... | Mark Whitney | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Al Manning | |
| Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | ... | Wally Stuart (as Skeets Gallagher) | |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Horace Travers | |
| Marjorie White | ... | Vernice LaVerne | |
| John Miljan | ... | John Driscoll | |
| Clara Blandick | ... | Mother Martin | |
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Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer can make her dreams come true, but there is only one problem, he will give her everything but a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage? Written by Kelly
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Country:
USARelease Date:
21 November 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Mirage 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:
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1.20 : 1
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Mark Whitney: Are you?
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: ...Yes.
Mark Whitney: Honest, aren't you?
Mark Whitney: You wouldn't want me to lie to you, wouldn't you?
Mark Whitney: That's almost the only thing I could never forgive you.
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Music by Charles Lawlor and James W. Blake
Played during the carousel scene
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The first of two films with this title Joan Crawford appeared in. The second was the 1947 film Possessed (1947), for which she received an Oscar nomination. This makes Crawford the only star to appear in two completely different films with identical titles. See more »Quotes
Travers: Careful, Mark, she's only after our money.Mark Whitney: Are you?
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: ...Yes.
Mark Whitney: Honest, aren't you?
Mark Whitney: You wouldn't want me to lie to you, wouldn't you?
Mark Whitney: That's almost the only thing I could never forgive you.
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Featured in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: The Temptations of Eve (1996) See more »Soundtracks
The Sidewalks of New York(1894) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor and James W. Blake
Played during the carousel scene
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Joan Crawford made two films, both with the title; "Possessed." This is the 1931 version (the other was made in 1947) and the two stories are nothing alike. Clark Gable is in this one, and it's a delight to see the two superstars together. (Supposedly, they were having a torrid affair at the time this was filmed).