Double Feature
Red Dust
From the first moment wisecracking Vantine (Jean Harlow) takes refuge on the plantation run by Carson (Clark Gable), he sizes her up as an easy mark for his virile charm. But when a research engineer (Gene Raymond) and his elegant wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), appear on the scene, Carson falls hard for the beautiful Barbara, discarding Vantine as nothing more than a “cute little trick.” The steamy rivalry between the women soon boils into a jealous rage – with violent consequences. Director Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind) deftly orchestrates the script’s tense drama and hilarious erotic comedy, helping Gable and Harlow turn Red Dust into pure gold. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Starring
- Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor
- Year
- 1932
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 83 minutes
Hold Your Man
Jean Harlow and Clark Gable followed the smash success of Red Dust with this tale of a tough cookie and a flimflam man who found out that they’re perfect for each other – and that love and honor have a lot in common, too. Ruby (Harlow) is a cynical blonde who is not above swindling her dates. When con man Eddie Hall (Gable) barges into her life, Ruby knows she’s met her soul mate. She and Eddie set about a partnership in small-time crime, but a routine scheme goes bad, and Ruby ends up in a reformatory. In every kind of trouble, she’s sure Eddie has deserted her. But she’s changed him in ways she never suspected. Cowritten by Anita Loos (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Howard Emmett Rogers, and directed by Sam Wood (Our Town), Hold Your Man is a vivid, authentic portrayal of thirties life on the lam and the timeless, redemptive power of love. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Writer
- Screenplay by Anita Loos and Howard Emmett Rogers from a story by Anita Loos
- Starring
- Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Muriel Kirkland
- Year
- 1933
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 87 minutes