Susan Lenox (1931)

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman escapes a difficult family situation and tries to rise in the world through a series of relationships. She finds a connection with a tough engineer, but their path together is full of hardship and betrayal.

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What happens

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed and produced by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable. The film is based on a novel by David Graham Phillips. It is the only screen pairing of Garbo and Gable, who did not like each other. The notoriety of the novel alone caused British censors to ban the film's release. Following several edits, it was finally approved in the UK with a new title, The Rise of Helga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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