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      Hold Your Man

      Released Jun 30, 1933 1h 26m Romance List
      Reviews 75% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Petty crook Eddie Hall (Clark Gable) ducks into a random apartment to hide from police and ends up falling for its resident, bombshell Ruby Adams (Jean Harlow). Hall and his accomplice, Slim (Garry Owen), convince Ruby to help them con a married man. But their plan goes horribly awry and Hall flees the scene. When he finds out from an ex-con that his antics have landed Ruby in jail -- and that she's pregnant with his child -- he may have to choose between his freedom and making things right. Read More Read Less

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      THR Staff Hollywood Reporter The story itself is familiar formula - but the treatment, dialogue and direction, and a cast that is perfect right down to the smallest bit, render Hold Your Man a first rate piece of entertainment. Jul 2, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews How could you not be suckered into enjoying such a devilishly hard-boiled comedy romp! Rated: B Nov 4, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Fun film the code would have blocked. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Jean Harlow plays a streetwise character who falls for a charming con man, Clark Gable. After Gable accidentally kills a guy, he takes off and leaves Harlow to take the rap. She winds. up in a woman's prison, where she discovers she's pregnant. Harlow is terrific. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member You are bound to cry towards the end. Great to see taboo subjects handled openly and sympathetically, before censorship made many plots insipid. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Jean Harlow and Clark Gable provide high-wattage star power in this film filled with classic images of both. Ah, the 1930's, when you could elude the law by waltzing into a young woman's unlocked apartment, find her taking a bath, and then have her come out and not only cover for you, but iron your clothes. The pair have great chemistry and repartee, and sparks fly. Dorothy Burgess is a firecracker as Gable's old girlfriend who drinks a little too much, and Stuart Erwin is solid as his sidekick in grifting. Overall, the film has that playful, pre-Code joy to it, naughty as it is. The screenplay by Anita Loos and Howard Emmett Rogers is delightful, and the direction from Sam Wood includes some wonderful shots. The final 45 minutes drag a bit, as Harlow is sentenced to a reformatory school, though it was nice to see the shenanigans of her fellow inmates, which included the lovely Theresa Harris, and Harlow singing at the piano to them. It's interesting to see the reaction to Harlow being pregnant, which leads to some over-the-top melodrama in the form of Gable pleading for a preacher to perform marriage services. You can see the ending coming a mile away, but an entertaining film throughout. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member another forbidden Hollywood movie this film may be 82 years old and you could see why all the men in the 1930s went gaga over Jean Harlow she was a very talented actress and wore nice hats to. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is witty, smart and utterly touching. And how often do you get to see Jean Harlow (or any dame of this era, for that matter) give another dame a swift punch in the jaw? (Twice!)... Gable and Harlow demonstrate star power in this lesser known pairing--There's a good girl hidden underneath that tough dame bravado... Grifters in love!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Petty crook Eddie Hall (Clark Gable) ducks into a random apartment to hide from police and ends up falling for its resident, bombshell Ruby Adams (Jean Harlow). Hall and his accomplice, Slim (Garry Owen), convince Ruby to help them con a married man. But their plan goes horribly awry and Hall flees the scene. When he finds out from an ex-con that his antics have landed Ruby in jail -- and that she's pregnant with his child -- he may have to choose between his freedom and making things right.
      Director
      Sam Wood
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 30, 1933, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 22, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 26m
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