Edward Arnold gives a powerhouse performance here as a brawling, ambitious, money-hungry Wisconsin lumber tycoon who rejects Frances Farmer's love to exercise his avarice. When he later meets the daughter of the woman he abandoned (also played by Farmer), he tries to win her heart, but he
loses it to his own son, Joel McCrea. Walter Brennan acts as a coalescing force in the film; he is both a close friend to Arnold and husband to the woman Arnold left in the lurch. Arnold does a great job in his role as a villain who has enough of a heart to realize that he has misspent his life
and to attempt some atonement. As the mother, Farmer is rough and low-voiced, moving he...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
99 mins