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6.4/10
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A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
Mae Busch
- Queenie - Girl on Train
- (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
- Skins' Pal at Shivaree
- (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
- Tom Buchanan - Man at Shivaree
- (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
- Man in Train Station
- (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
- A.C. Peters - The Banker
- (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
- Waco - Fields' Henchman
- (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
- Skins - The Accordion Player
- (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
- Hotel Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
- Dance Extra
- (uncredited)
Henry Otho
- Extra in Beer Hall and at Shivaree
- (uncredited)
Bob Perry
- Waco's Pal
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDuring the wheat-burning scene a stand-in was used instead of Barbara Stanwyck, but she didn't think the stand-in acted as the character so Stanwyck decided to play it herself. This resulted in her getting some burns on her legs, but she never complained.
- GoofsWhen Barbara Stanwyck gets off the train in North Dakota the terrain is very mountainous. North Dakota is on the Great Plains - very flat.
- Quotes
Eddie 'Ed' Fields: Ya daffy little tahmata, I'm bugs about ya. I'd marry ya myself, if I wasn't already married.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
- SoundtracksTake Me Away
(1932) (uncredited)
Music by Peter Tinturin
Lyrics by Sidney Clare and Charles Tobias
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Sung by Barbara Stanwyck at the nightclub
Played as background music often
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Underrated. And did I mention Stanwyck is awesome?
Barbara Stanwyck had me from the beginning, as she crooned "Take Me Away" so seductively in the movie's first scene, and she could do no wrong from then on. Those eyes, that voice. She's so beautiful, and so natural as an actor. She plays a nightclub singer who becomes a mail-order bride to a farmer (Jim Gilson) in the middle of nowhere after wanting to get away from city life. It all moves a little too quickly for her as she has a rapid civil ceremony practically after stepping off a long train ride, and that evening she rebuffs her new husband's advances. He's the sensitive sort and can't forget it, even after she comes around and makes it clear she wants to consummate their marriage, talking to him sweetly and sincerely, and later beckoning him with lingerie. The movie is not all that well regarded, but I found it sweet, and Stanwyck captivating.
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- Budget
- $202,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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