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Cain and Mabel

Play trailer Poster for Cain and Mabel Released Sep 26, 1936 1h 30m Musical Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A chorus girl (Marion Davies) and a heavyweight boxer (Clark Gable) are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com The second teaming of Gable and Marion Davies is a semi-seuccessful screwball comedy, nominated for the Dance Direction Oscar Rated: C+ Apr 10, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Should have been funnier but with these two fun will be had. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious one-liners and the great Marion Davies Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review ashley h Cain and Mabel is an okay film. It is about a talented boxer and a gifted dancer who hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids. Marion Davies and Clark Gable give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Lloyd Bacon did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and romance. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Acting is average, the stage displays good for the money invested. The dance numbers won an academy award. The scripts being given Marion Davies, or the ones she liked, were simplistic 1920s style love dramas. These simplistic plots became boring as sound took over in the 1930s. The scripts of her films were just not good enough. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Snappy lines and a big production number for Marion Davies! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The second teaming of Gable and Marion Davies is a semi-seuccessful screwball comedy, nominated for the Dance Direction Oscar just chock full o one liners! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A chorus girl (Marion Davies) and a heavyweight boxer (Clark Gable) are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Screenwriter
Laird Doyle
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 26, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 22, 2009
Runtime
1h 30m
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