Comments on Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: Tonight's Movie: No Man of Her Own (1932)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Evangeline, I en...

2009-05-03T22:46:00.000-07:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Evangeline, I enjoyed reading your critique. It really is a shame they never made another film together.

Best wishes,
Laura

I enjoyed it, but ultimately found it uneven. I ca...

2009-05-02T01:45:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed it, but ultimately found it uneven. I can see why the studios found it difficult to find the right vehicles for Carole because though I could buy her as a girl trapped in a small town, she was actually too intense and sharp for a character who was supposed to be a naif "hick" when the movie moved to NY. Clark was good, but his constant smirking began to grow overbearing and I felt his performance was derivative of his role in A Free Soul but without the roughness that made that character so compelling.

It also felt like a transition piece: it was Pre-Code, yet it came across very much like an early screwball--but since that genre hadn't been invented yet, the movie didn't know where to go with the (sex) comedy. But I did find a number of scenes amusing, and Carole and Clark's chemistry was amazing, and both looked great. It's a shame they never did another movie together because they were very natural.

That's fun! What did you think of it, Evangeline?...

2009-04-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

That's fun! What did you think of it, Evangeline?

Best wishes,
Laura

I declare! We watch the same movies around the sam...

2009-04-29T20:47:00.000-07:00

I declare! We watch the same movies around the same time! lol