Underplayed Gems

I Take This Woman (1931)

I Take This Woman poster
Directed by
Marion Gering
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy New York socialite marries a cowboy while visiting her father's ranch out West. After her father disinherits her, she struggles with ranch life and eventually leaves her husband to return to her family.

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What happens

I Take This Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Marion Gering and starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. Based on the novel Lost Ecstasy (1927) by Mary Roberts Rinehart, the film is about a wealthy New York socialite who falls in love and marries a cowboy while staying at her father's ranch out West. After her father disinherits her, and after a year of living as a cowboy's wife, she leaves her husband and returns to her family in the East. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The film has no connection to the 1940 film I Take This Woman starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr, which is based on the Charles MacArthur story "A New York Cinderella". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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