Nice effects though.

good back-story, and good acting

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Heavy handed dour drama was the last of the big budget films to try and turn Anna Sten, Goldwyn's Folly, into another Garbo. The mistake of that was the actress while not bad, a little overfond of popping her eyes but otherwise fine, isn't suited to that persona. Had they pursued a lighter image for her which she seems inclined to perhaps her career would have fared better in American films. Poor Ralph Bellamy, usually an enjoyable presence in pictures, is made ridiculous by his silly casting as a Polish peasant. Cooper fares better mostly because an accent is not forced upon him and his star power is able to shine through. The person who comes across best even though her character is not the most pleasant is Helen Vinson as Cooper's estranged wife. It is at times confusing since she and Sten bear a strong resemblance to each other a fact not played up in the movie and so it serves no purpose but to distract the audience.

I wasn't really expecting too much from this one. Gary Cooper is not exactly the most versatile actor there ever was but surprisingly, he covers a range of emotion in this one. That being said, he's not the real star of this film...Anna Sten is.Words can't describe at how beautiful Anna Sten is in this. She plays her part so believable it'll make you wonder why she never hit it big in Hollywood. She never caught on after this film and she faded into obscurity but when you see this, you'll be blown away at how good she was. Such a wasted talent. She should have done so much more.A not-so-successful writer and his wife run out of money and he decides they should go back to his country home because it's paid for and they need no money to live there. She's not too enthused about it cause she loves NY city life but she acquiesces. They get there and she doesn't like it but she soldiers on. Not long after they arrive he gets a visit from neighbors, Anna Sten and her father, who want to buy a section of land from him. He agrees and comes into money. The wife is quite happy and decides she wants to go back to NY...where she likes it. He agrees and lets her go while he stays behind. After this, the neighbor comes back and she becomes inspiration for his next novel. From this he falls in love with her...as she does with him. Problem is, she's from a strict Polish family with deeply religious values.If I were to get too much further into this one it would ruin it but needless to say there's a lot more coming after the synopsis I just gave you. Hang on to your seat though, you won't wanna miss any minute of this mid 30's soap opera.Without a doubt a film that deserves a serious look. I think it gets no credibility because of Gary Cooper. He was never an actor who was gonna win Oscars. He's a one trick pony and most probably thought that when this one came out. That's OK though, those who missed this one....missed out.

Watched this film the other day expecting the worst from a 1930s film but was surprised it was really quite good.Its a story of two people from different cultural backgrounds who fall in love,the biggest problem is he is married,so the relationship is doomed to failure.I must admit i didn't care for the wife at all,as looking at this film from a 1930s aspect a woman always stood by her husband no matter what.This one deserts him purely because she misses her socialite lifestyle in New York,if she really loved him she would have stayed with him.I found her totally selfish,and a 1930s audience probably would have felt the same.When you watch these old films you have to forget your 21st century attitudes,as what seems acceptable now wasn't back then, she should have stayed with him.I hated Frederick and the father he was a pig and a bully who didn't care for his daughters happiness,which leads to a tragic conclusion i wont say why.I was really hoping that Gary cooper would ditch the wife then tell Frederick and her father where to get off and run away with the Polish girl for the perfect happy ending,but alas it wasn't to be.I don't understand why this film is forgotten because it is quite outstanding for its day.

Here is Gary Cooper in one of his more authentically romantic screen roles.By romantic I do not mean the stale bourgeois antics of the matinee idol, but a figure that is, at once, poetic and transgressive. Cooper plays a married man who, during a stay in the country, falls in love with a farm girl. She belongs to a family of recent immigrants. They do not see her involvement with a married man not of their ethnic world at all positively. The ending is tragic, but the power of their transfiguring involvement is very convincingly portrayed, and the photography has real class. Cooper acts with an open intensity not often available to the clichéd strong-inarticulate American male. If you are bored by his "High Noon" persona, see this film.