Absolutely wonderful. Especially when u consider was made n 1932. Beautiful sad love affair. Moral of the story is to have more pride in yourself. Don't settle.
This film was made before the Code System emerged in Hollywood. All the drama aside the movie was a good lesson that it does not pay to be a mistress for such a long period of time.
OMG! The scene at 50:30 where Irene Dunne's character Rae begs John Boles' character Walter to give her a child is heartbreaking beyond words!! His self-righteous condemnation of her, even more so. Dunne's performance in this film is a tour de force. I think the only actress who could even begin to hold a candle to her is Barbara Stanwyck, especially the latter's performance in "Stella Dallas". Neither Dunne nor Stanwyck ever received an Oscar during their lengthy acting careers. Miss Stanwyck did receive an honorary Academy Award at the end of her life, but the Academy's failure to recognize Miss Dunne's body of work is a gross miscarriage of justice.
The artistic and production values of the film, like mostly anything Pre-Code Hollywood, are MAGNIFICENT but... what an uninspiring, depressing, disgusting, unromantic story!!
So funny to see Irene Dunne play a 'back street' woman. She was very convincing as the mistress of a married man. John Boles gave good support, but was 'wooden' actor.
