I Take This Woman (1931)
- 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
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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