Carole Lombard & James Stewart in "Made for Each Other" (1939) - feat. Charles Coburn
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2025
- Young New York attorney John Horace Mason (James Stewart) marries Jane (Carole Lombard) after a brief courtship, incurring the displeasure of his boss, Judge Joseph M. Doolittle (Charles Coburn), who had hoped that John would marry his daughter, Eunice (Ruth Weston). John's mother, Mrs. Harriet Mason (Lucile Watson), also disapproves of the match, for she had also wanted her son to marry the boss's daughter.
After their honeymoon is preempted by a court case, the newlyweds move into their new apartment and invite John's overly critical mother to live with them. Although voted the most likely to succeed in his law class, John soon finds his promise dimming as he is unfairly passed over for a partnership in Doolittle's law firm.
When baby John is born, financial pressure builds, and Jane pushes for her husband to ask for a raise, but before he can make his plea, the judge bulldozes him into accepting a twenty-five percent pay cut. As bills mount, Jane is forced to look for work and let their maid Lily (Louise Beavers) go, causing more strain between her and her mother-in-law over domestic chores. Tensions in the Mason household increase, causing an estrangement between John and Jane.
On New Year's Eve, the Masons reach their nadir. While Jane and John attend a party at a night club, they decide to separate. When Jane sadly calls home to talk to her mother-in-law about the baby, who has had a slight cold, she learns that the child has fallen critically ill. When they take the baby to the hospital, they are told that the baby has almost no chance to live if it does not receive a special serum. Because local suppplies are low, the only place where the doctors can locate the serum is in Salt Lake City, which is snowed in by a blizzard.
Desperate, John turns to Judge Doolittle who is touched by John's plight and offers the five thousand dollars demanded by the pilot, Conway (Eddie Quillan), to deliver the medicine. As news of the mercy flight reaches the radio and newspapers, thousands of people await the arrival of the serum. The storm is so severe that Conway has to parachute out of his plane before it crashes. Though his leg is broken, Conway makes it to a farm house and the serum is transported to New York just in time to save the baby. Some time later, John is made partner and John, Jr. delights Judge Doolittle and the other partners with his first word.
A 1939 American Black & White romantic comedy drama film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, screenplay by Jo Swerling, story by Rose Franken, cinematography by Leon Shamroy, starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson, Eddie Quillan, Alma Kruger, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Donald Briggs, Esther Dale, Harry Davenport, Fern Emmett, Ruth Gillette, Olin Howland, Nella Walker, Mary Field, and Milburn Stone.
The liner shown at the beginning of the film is the SS Normandie.
The map Conway checks while flying to New York City shows northwest Pennsylvania, most notably, Titusville (Crawford County).
David O. Selznick's experience of trying to have life-saving serum flown in for his critically ill brother was the basis for the flying sequences ending the movie.
Special effects technician Edmund E. Fellegi was killed when he fell from a 40-foot catwalk while releasing balloons for the New Year's Eve party scenes.
John Cromwell (1886-1979), born Elwood Dager in Toledo, Ohio, was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to film noir in the early 1950s, by which time his directing career was almost terminated by the Hollywood blacklist. Cromwell began his stage career touring with stock companies in Chicago, then made his way to New York City in his early 20s. Billed as Elwood Dager, he changed his name to John Cromwell at the age of 26 following a 1912 New York stage appearance. Paramount Famous Lasky film producer B. P. Schulberg signed the 42-year-old Cromwell as a screen actor in October 1928 at the time of the industry-wide transition from silent productions to the new sound technology. Cromwell's disaffection from Paramount led him to "walk off the lot" after "The World and the Flesh" (1932), and with the help of his agent Myron Selznick, he moved to RKO. Cromwell married four times. His final marriage, to actress Ruth Nelson in 1947, lasted until his death in 1979. Cromwell and Johnson had two sons; one is actor James Cromwell.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 19, 1940 with Carole Lombard reprising her film role.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 17, 1945 with James Stewart reprising his film role.
A thoroughly delightful, entertaining, touching, but flawed melodrama, and sometimes-screwball comedy, that turns very serious by the end. The conclusion is heart-wrenching and will have you glued to your seat. Lombard and Stewart make this film worth watching.
James Stewart really did awesome as his usual acting character. Thank you for the movie
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