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Forsaking All Others (1934)

Forsaking All Others poster
Directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Genre
romantic comedy, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three close friends get tangled in a romantic love triangle that lasts for years. The story follows their mix-ups and shifting loyalties as they try to figure out who ends up with whom.

lightheartedromanticcomedicbittersweetwhimsicalchaoticclassic

What happens

Forsaking All Others is a 1934 American romantic comedy drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which was based upon a 1933 play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett starring Tallulah Bankhead. In this comedy of errors, three friends of long standing are involved in a love triangle lasting many years. Forsaking All Others is the sixth of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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