The music is better than the acting in CAIN AND MABEL. In fact, this film was one of the biggest disasters of 1936, despite the efforts of Clark Gable and a bunch of superior second bananas, as well as some of the best music Harry Warren and Al Dubin ever wrote. Musical comedy star Marion
Davies and heavyweight boxer Gable both need something to help their careers. Roscoe Karns concocts a publicity-generating romance, but that takes second place to reality when the two realize they really are in love. Along the way, there are spectacular production numbers, singing, dancing,
boxing, and yawns. Davies, whose career was already dim by this time, was in her late 30s a...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins