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Red Dust (Warner Archive) (1932)
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| Starring: | Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp, Tully Marshall, Forrester Harvey, Willie Fung |
| Director: | Victor Fleming |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama |
| Year: | 1932 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 83 minutes |
| Released: | November 6, 2012 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English (Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:From the first moment wisecracking Vantine (Harlow) takes refuge on the plantation run by Carson (Gable), he sizes her up as an easy mark for his virile charm. But when a research engineer (Gene Raymond) and his elegant wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), appear on the scene, Carson falls hard for the beautiful Barbara, discarding Vantine as nothing more than a "cute little trick."
The steamy rivalry between the women soon boils into a jealous rage – with violent consequences. Oscar winning Best Director Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind, 1939) deftly orchestrates the script's tense drama and hilarious erotic comedy, helping Gable and Harlow turn Red Dust into pure gold.
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There are 2 reviews for this movie |
  | Raymond | | The legend of the star-making director is borne out by Red Dust. Harlow, hitherto pretty resistible, is magnificent in a role in which her cheap blonde persona becomes fully human (she's even better in her next film with the same director, Bombshell). Gable, hitherto really good only as a lowering presence (see A Free Soul and Night Nurse), is now bigger than life and just as scrumptious. I believe the starmaker of both Harlow and Gable is Victor Fleming, whose ability to get good performances out of a cast is almost everywhere in evidence here (Gene Raymond alone is no great shakes, though the reliable Tully Marshall and Donald Crisp are not given as much to do as they were capable of). Even more spectacularly evident is Fleming's rapport with DP Harold Rosson; this is a spectacularly well and expressively lighted film. Ditto, Fleming and the editing of Blanche Sewell. If the dialogue is rather a letdown at times, the basic script anticipates Tennessee Williams, class and race discrimination and all. Just a terrific movie! --Ray Olson |
| | Joe | | I waited a long time for this, and it was worth the wait. Just what we expect from a Pre-Code film, somewhere between RAIN and SAFE IN HELL, with the three main actors keeping our interest strong in the outcome. Weaknesses abound as well, but we're too interested in the principals to care. BTW there's no red dust; the Spanish title "Land of Passion" fits as well if not better. |
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