Come and Get It
"YOUTH SACRIFICED! ON THE ALTAR OF POWER!"
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
"YOUTH SACRIFICED! ON THE ALTAR OF POWER!"
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
Edward Arnold
Barney Glasgow
Joel McCrea
Richard Glasgow
Frances Farmer
Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom
Walter Brennan
Swan Bostrom
Mady Christians
Karie Linbeck
Mary Nash
Emma Louise Glasgow
Andrea Leeds
Evvie Glasgow
Frank Shields
Tony Schwerke
Edwin Maxwell
Sid LeMaire
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
"Barney Glasgow" (Edward Arnold) is a backwater logger in Wisconsin who hits on an idea that could make him a fortune - he proposes this to his boss who accepts; but whose daughter goes with the package! He leaves his first love - saloon singer "Lotta" and his career goes from strength to strength. Twenty years later, he discovers that his love had a daughter (Frances Farmer) and he quickly becomes infatuated with her; much to the chagrin of his own son "Richard" (Joel McCrea) who is, himself, keen on the girl and of his more generously concerned daughter "Evvie" (Andrea Leeds). This is a rather straightforward story, but the characters are both strong and engaging; (Oscar winning) Walter Brennan as his long-time friend "Swanny" is also a crucial ingredient as the story deals with this mid-life crisis in a delicate, at times funny, but always sincere fashion. Howard Hawks and William Wyler share the directing credits on this - I've no idea why - but their two minds have managed to create something just a bit different here; and if you get the chance to catch up with it, you ought to.
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