Possessed (1931)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Writers:

Edgar Selwyn (play)
Lenore J. Coffee (adaptation)

Release Date:

21 November 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment...

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Factory Worker | Lawyer | Political | Sex

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Marian Martin
Clark Gable	...	Mark Whitney
Wallace Ford	...	Al Manning
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher	...	Wally Stuart (as Skeets Gallagher)
Frank Conroy	...	Horace Travers
Marjorie White	...	Vernice LaVerne
John Miljan	...	John Driscoll
Clara Blandick	...	Marian's Mother

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Approved | UK:PG (re-rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Charlotte Greenwood was signed as a cast member, but she was not seen in the movie. News items mentioned several performers during production, but some did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These include Florence Lake, Virginia Sale and Francis Ford.

Quotes:

Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: You don't own me. Nobody does. My life belongs to me.
Al Manning: You'll make one fine mess of it.
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: It'll still belong to me.
Marian's mother: Don't, Marian, you frighten me when you talk like that.
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: If I were a man it wouldn't frighten you! You'd think it was right for me to go out and get anything I could out of life, and use anything I had to get it. Why should men be so different? All they've got are their brains and they're not afraid to use them. Well neither am I!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

How Long Will It Last?

Joan Crawford was YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL!!

Always enjoy the Classic Films of the 1930's and great stars like Clark Gable,(Mark Whitney),"But Not For Me",'59, who plays a charming, trim and young looking successful lawyer who runs into a very tricky and ambitious young lady. The young lady is, Joan Crawford,(Marian Martin),"Journey to Murder",'72, (who was at the top of her career in Hollywood) manages to leave a boring life, and a boring husband to find a richer field of endeavor in NYC with very wealthy people whom she is able to con into doing anything she wants. If you like a young looking Clark Gable and Joan Crawford and would like to see how films were made in the early 30's, this is the film for YOU!!