Too Short?


I'm not a fan of long movies just to be long, but I think this could have told the story better if given two hours instead of its 73 minutes. In its present form, it just shows the two sides of Tom. With more time, it could have better shown the transition. I also would have liked to explore the aspect of "poor and happy" versus "rich and miserable" more.

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I agree. I would like to have seen Colleen Moore's part extended so that we could understand her and the marriage better. She was very much just a flat character that was highly uninteresting. And you really didn't get to see the extent of the second marriage and the betrayal, or of the interaction between Spencer Tracy's character as a father to the son. Just plain not enough time on character development.

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I saw this on TV for the first time yesterday. I've seen few pre-MGM Tracy films and was impressed by his power. I found some awkwardness, but maybe Sturges should have persuaded the studio to let him direct, as well.

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