Small Town Girl

1936
Approved
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

972

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Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936)

Comedy Romance

Kay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drun... Read allKay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk, then proceeds to take her out for a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when... Read allKay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk, then proceeds to take her out for a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when he decides--while drunk--that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consen... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

972

YOUR RATING

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Robert Taylor, Janet Gaynor, and Robert Greig in Small Town Girl (1936)

Andy Devine and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936)

Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936)

James Stewart and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936)

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Trivia
Was originally set to star Jean Harlow as Kay and Robert Montgomery as Bob.

Goofs
The calendar that Robert Taylor looks at that Janet Gaynor's character is making time on shows February with 31 days. The days are correct for February 1936, a leap year with 29 days, except for the Sunday & Monday 2 added days at the end.

Quotes
Bob Dakin: The telephone is a marvelous invention but you should never use one while standing in a bathtub.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown on the turning pages of a book.

Connections
Featured in Valtakunta nimeltä Hollywood (1998)

Soundtracks
Small Town Girl
(uncredited)
Music by Herbert Stothart and Edward Ward
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Sung by Dick Webster
[Performed during opening credits, and played as part of the score throughout the movie]

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Featured review

5/10

Predictable Film

Small Town Girl is a very predictable movie along the lines of "Boy Meets Girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back" type sappy soap opera. The main reason to see this movie is if you are a James Stewart ( Elmer) or Robert Taylor ( Robert Dakin) completist. The best one in the movie ( by far) is the eighth credited Stewart ( although he was in the movie for only a couple of scenes). It is amazing that MGM really had no idea what to do with him ( even after he became a star with Frank Capra) which is why most of his best films were at other studios ( especially Universal). Taylor like in most of his early films really does nothing for me ( only when he did westerns later in his career did he excel). The girl in the movie Kay Brannan ( Janet Gaynor) was basically ho hum and again did nothing for me. What is most shocking is who directed this movie: William Wellman who is one of the all-time greats. He won an Oscar for A Star Is Born ( with Gaynor), and worked with some of the legends: Gary Cooper, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, John Wayne, Edward G. Robinson, Gregory Peck, Jean Harlow and even Clint Eastwood to name a few. He did work later on with Taylor in one of Taylor's best films Westward The Women, but here anyone could have directed this film. I give it 5/10 stars ( all for Stewart in his five minutes of the film).

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