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      Chained

      Released Aug 31, 1934 1h 16m Romance List
      Reviews 68% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Richard (Otto Kruger), a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane (Joan Crawford), is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike (Clark Gable). She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 22 Buy Now

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      Steve D simple drama that resolves to easy, Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/23 Full Review Audience Member The love triangle was and is a popular movie theme, so when Clark Gable and Joan Crawford are part of it, you can expect some good entertainment. They have very good chemistry together, perhaps because they were reportedly lovers offscreen. The third leg of the triangle is suave Otto Kruger, who never gives a bad performance, and there is also Gable's best friend, Stuart Erwin, who is there mostly for comic relief. I enjoyed the shipboard romance, which was neatly combined with some comedy, and included scenes with a young Mickey Rooney before his Andy Hardy days. I was surprised at the ending, which seemed to go against the Code. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member There's good chemistry between Crawford and Gable in Clarence Brown's formulaic romantic melodrama, a typical MGM star vehicle during the Depression. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review ashley h Chained is a nice film. It is about a mistress of one man who has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men. Clark Gable and Joan Crawford give great performances. The script is good but drags a little in some places. Clarence Brown did a terrific job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and romance. Chained is a must see. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful. Some of the best costuming of the period I have seen. Amazing camera work. A must see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Chained (1934) This is one of those early romantic movies Clark Gable and Joan Crawford used to do. Diane Lovering (Crawford) is the unapologetic mistress of a New York shipping magnet, Richard Field (Otto Kruger). Richard would love to divorce his wife Louise (Marjorie Gateson) and marry Diane, but Louise likes her lifestyle too much the way it is, and threatens to take Richard's two sons away where he would never see them again. Richard feels guilty about this and buys Diane an ocean cruise to Argentina to ease her pain and to give her time to think about whether she wants to stay in this arrangement the way it is or not. On the ship she meets Mike Bradley (Gable) who has a South American cattle ranch. Naturally, they fall madly in love with each other, but Diane's loyalty to Richard keeps her from sealing the deal until she talks with Richard first. When she arrives back in New York, she finds out that Richard is divorcing Louise, despite never seeing his kids again. Diane resigns herself to marrying Richard and sends Mike a quick Dear John letter. Later, Diane bumps into Mike while shopping downtown and discovers that she still loves Mike more than Richard. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Joan Crawford in some significant clothes and a negligible picture. Aug 1, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com There's good chemistry between Crawford and Gable in Clarence Brown's formulaic romantic melodrama, a typical MGM star vehicle during the Depression. Rated: C+ Jan 9, 2009 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Clark Gable and Joan Crawford make this pleasing but unoriginal romantic melodrama palpable. Rated: C+ Feb 13, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Richard (Otto Kruger), a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane (Joan Crawford), is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike (Clark Gable). She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
      Director
      Clarence Brown
      Screenwriter
      Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 31, 1934, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 22, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 16m
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