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      Released Dec 27, 1931 1h 46m Musical List
      Reviews 14% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A pretty Scot (Janet Gaynor) in steerage meets Russian stowaways and a rich American (Charles Farrell) on a ship bound for New York. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D Gaynor is good enough to make the dumb thing watchable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Delicious (1931) It is a very darkly lite film but a good choice on actors and well told story. The only things lite tend to be the faces in night scenes or parts that are normally lite from windows, candles, or lanterns. Very little is lite on most scenes. There is no artificial light used to light up a scene. It is almost lite like in a theater play and shot similar to a theater play. I like the music in the film and how it is utilized for this film. The music in this film is not used too much and is used in a way to further tell the story. It is not there just in order to be able to fit another song. The film begins with Heather among fellow foreigners on a passenger boat head to New York City and they sing songs of there native cultures. Sascha writes a song of his own called Delicious to describe her. What I like about it is seeing all the different reactions of Heather as Sascha sings his song and how her reactions change from pleasure, to insulted, to happiness as well as other reactions while Sascha is singing making it appear more natural rather than making it a boring & appear as a staged scene. Heather from Scotland is not allowed in America relative said could not afford a living for her since relative lost a lot of assets. The film begins with a bunch of immigrants in the third class onboard a passenger ship like the Titanic. First class vs. third class. Henson is such a comedic character Mr. Beaumont was in first class and is trying to fall in love with Heather. Heather is convinced that she can not marry anyone unless she loves them. It can not just know them or be friends with them. All Heathers friends try to protect her and help her out. Heather gets off ship from hiding with horse stall onboard the ship. Heather finds her self at Mr. Beaumont's estate then goes back with Russian family. Mr. Beaumont is already engaged to another girl prior to meeting Heather but he is more in love with Heather. Sascha is Russian guy who Heather says will marry. Mr. Beaumont was in a horse race accident. What is smart about how it was done is that the Russian family and Heather heard it over the radio and immediately we see their reactions but it was an easy was to avoid showing action of a horse race and save cost. I think it also created a stronger emotional scene creating distance from the race and the relationship. The acting is this is very well done. Sometimes it is not what they say that is important but the expressions on face or body actions. One thing that I liked about this film was that at no point was discrimination about ethnic foreign cultures brought up in this film which I was expecting to happen since there were Russians in this film and in big cities such as New York City at that time discrimination and hate for foreigners taking work away from Americans was common. This was about friendship between equals even though someone from a higher class in a relationship with someone of a lower class was considered out of the ordinary. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A ridiculous, goofy and predictable mess of a Gaynor-Farrell movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A smash hit in 1931, this Gaynor-Farrell romance (with music by the Gershwins) seems drawn-out and forced by today's standards. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member great music provided (4 the first time) by george & ira Gershwin Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A pretty Scot (Janet Gaynor) in steerage meets Russian stowaways and a rich American (Charles Farrell) on a ship bound for New York.
      Director
      David Butler
      Production Co
      Fox Film Corporation
      Genre
      Musical
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 27, 1931, Limited
      Runtime
      1h 46m