Small Town Girl
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Directed by William A. Wellman.
With Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes.
US, 1936, 35mm, black & white, 90 min.
With Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes.
US, 1936, 35mm, black & white, 90 min.
For the first time in eight years under contract at Fox, Gaynor was loaned out to another studio (MGM) and attached to this project originally intended as a vehicle for Jean Harlow. Gaynor plays the title part of a sharp young woman stifled by the limits of provincial life. Rich brain surgeon (and charming lush!) Robert Taylor sweeps her away to Boston after a quickie marriage, but snobbish urban society is scandalized by the newlyweds’ spontaneous union. Based on a serialized novel by Ben Ames Williams, and reputedly doctored by a passel of scriptwriters, Small Town Girl was directed with wit and intelligence by William Wellman.
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