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      Mantrap

      1926 1h 8m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 80% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Backwoods Canadian Joe (Ernest Torrence), tired of his lonely existence in the rustic village of Mantrap, rolls into Minneapolis, weds flirtatious young manicurist Alverna (Clara Bow) and whisks her back to his cabin up north. But Alverna quickly grows bored in the sticks, and when Joe's friend Ralph (Percy Marmont), a divorce lawyer on vacation from women, comes to stay with the newlyweds, she can't resist using her feminine wiles on the strapping newcomer. Read More Read Less

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      Robert E. Sherwood LIFE It has two excellent performances by Clara Bow and Ernest Torrence (an ill-assorted couple, if there ever was one); the direction by Victor Fleming is adroit, and the photography is beautiful. Oct 6, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Clara Bow is a delightful presence on screen even when her character is frustrating, infuriating, and self-centered. The rest of the cast supports her well enough, but no one competes with her luminous presence. The story was not exactly what I anticipated from the title. A refreshing, lesser known silent comedy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Charming and silly, this knockabout silent comedy sports the dynamic and effervescent Clara Bow, who would soon be known as the first 'It Girl' after her 1927 film smash 'It'. Basically an excuse for Bow to pull out all the stops and deliver some world-class onscreen flirting, Mantrap features a devoted backwoods hubbie, an honourable but soon infatuated big-city lawyer, and plenty of hair primping, neckline adjusting and she-means-business skirt-straightening. And the beauty of Mantrap to modern viewers is that Bow's character isn't the villain of the piece, she's the original 'manic pixie dream girl' - the audience *wants* her to get away with her outrageous minx routine. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Backwoods Canadian Joe (Ernest Torrence), tired of his lonely existence in the rustic village of Mantrap, rolls into Minneapolis, weds flirtatious young manicurist Alverna (Clara Bow) and whisks her back to his cabin up north. But Alverna quickly grows bored in the sticks, and when Joe's friend Ralph (Percy Marmont), a divorce lawyer on vacation from women, comes to stay with the newlyweds, she can't resist using her feminine wiles on the strapping newcomer.
      Director
      Victor Fleming
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 31, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 8m