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Come and Get It

Play trailer Poster for Come and Get It 1936,  1h 39m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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91% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
In the 1880s Wisconsin, ambitious lumberjack Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) loves saloon girl Lotta (Frances Farmer) but spurns her and marries to advance his career. While Lotta marries his friend (Walter Brennan) and has a daughter, Barney becomes a lumber bigwig by ruthless deforestation. Years later, the late Lotta's daughter, also named Lotta and played by the same actress, becomes the object of affection of both Barney, hoping to recapture the love he lost, and his son, Richard (Joel McCrea).
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Richard Brody The New Yorker Oct 28, 2013
Hawks transformed Edna Ferber's historical novel into a sprawling adventure of hard-driving masculine will and a tragedy of its erotic limits. Go to Full Review
Frank S. Nugent New York Times Mar 25, 2006
4/5
Although there is nothing new in the theme, it has been simply and powerfully expressed by a number of admirable performances, and it has been played against an interesting background. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
The first part of the film, the best, is unmistakably Hawks. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Oct 2, 2019
Edna Ferber's novel about Wisconsin's lumbering days, in a fine screen adaptation. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Jul 7, 2010
Stinging look at how big business exploits and destroys Nature. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Sep 5, 2009
Frances Farmer as the hardened beer-hall tart is beguilingly stylized Go to Full Review
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Jan 31, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
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Cast & Crew

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Howard Hawks

Director

William Wyler

Director

Edward Arnold

Barney Glasgow

Frances Farmer

Lotta Morgan

Joel McCrea

Richard Glasgow

Walter Brennan

Swan Bostrom

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Come and Get It

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Synopsis In the 1880s Wisconsin, ambitious lumberjack Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) loves saloon girl Lotta (Frances Farmer) but spurns her and marries to advance his career. While Lotta marries his friend (Walter Brennan) and has a daughter, Barney becomes a lumber bigwig by ruthless deforestation. Years later, the late Lotta's daughter, also named Lotta and played by the same actress, becomes the object of affection of both Barney, hoping to recapture the love he lost, and his son, Richard (Joel McCrea).
Director
Howard Hawks, William Wyler
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter
Jane Murfin, Jules Furthman
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Howard Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 13, 2020
Runtime
1h 39m
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