Come and Get It (1936) – full review!
Come and Get It (1936) – full review!
Noteworthy for earning character actor Walter Brennan the first of his three Supporting Actor Oscars the first year the Academy bestowed the award this average drama also earned Edward Curtiss his only nomination for Editing. Samuel Goldwyn produced this screen version of the Edna Ferber novel which was adapted by Jules Furthman (Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)) and Jane Murfin (What Price Hollywood? (1932)). The producer had to replace director Howard Hawks with William Wyler over storyline disagreements despite the fact that Wyler was still working on Dodsworth (1936) (also for Goldwyn); Richard Rosson directed the film’s spectacular logging sequences.
The story’s about a tough logger boss Barney Glascow (Edward Arnold) who treats his men to all the food and liquor they want after they bring the logs to the mill where it’s cut into lumber. Barney’s best friend is Swan Bostrom (Walter Brennan). The two meet a beautiful singer named Lotta (Frances Farmer) and Barney makes a play for her before he’s reminded that his boss Mr. Hewitt (Charles Halton) had promised him a partnership in the timber business if he marries his homely daughter Emma Louise (Mary Nash). Later Lotta marries Swan.
Some 20+ years later Barney and Emma Louise have two grown children an independent thinking son named Richard (Joel McCrea) and doting daughter named Evvie (Andrea Leeds). Richard thinks his father’s practice of clear cutting without replanting is irresponsible and has other ideas that Barney rejects; Richard and Evvie’s beau Tony (Frank Shields) think there’s a future in paper cups. Barney goes to visit Swan now a widower and discovers that his old friend and lost love Lotta had a daughter also named Lotta (and played by Farmer) that’s the spitting image of her mother. He is smitten once again and his financial position enables him to spoil Swan his niece Karie (Mady Christians) and Lotta; Barney insists on paying for Lotta’s education. Naturally Richard sees what’s going on and falls for Lotta himself. Eventually a conflict between father and son enables Barney to realize that Lotta sees him as an old man and loves Richard.
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