Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780783114385 Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0783114389 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 09, 1999 Running Time: 99 minutes Sales Rank: 76936 Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1936
Amazon.com: Wisconsin lumberman Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) makes his fortune by marrying his business associate's daughter to cinch a lucrative partnership, thereby sacrificing the one he truly loves, Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer). Lotta marries Barney's close pal Swan Bostrom (Walter Brennan) and they beget Lotta Bostrom (also Frances Farmer) who bears a striking resemblance to her mother. Years later, when the elder Lotta is no longer with us, Barney and his son (Joel McCrea) both fall for the young Lotta, causing Barney to work out his troubling sense of loss. This rousing loggers melodrama was the one and only true showcase for the talents of Frances Farmer, who is superb in the dual role of the mother and daughter Lottas (and for a fledgling actor, that's a lotta Lottas), and who would later be made more famous by the biopics based on her life. Co-directed by Howard Hawks (who discovered Farmer, and was ousted from the film when he was rude to producer Samuel Goldwyn) and William Wyler. --Jim Gay
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Rating: - Frances Farmer's greatest performance/s
Another typical Edna Ferber story, with it's multi-generation characters and large doses of romance and fate. COME AND GET IT is mainly notable for starring Frances Farmer in dual roles, plus fine turns from Edward Arnold and Joel McCrea.
The setting is the logging community in Wisconsin. Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) falls in love with gold-hearted saloon singer Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer) but jilts her and instead marries into a rich and powerful family. Many years later, Barney returns to discover Lotta--long dead--has a daughter that looks exactly like her, Lotta Bostrum (also played by Farmer). Harbouring a strong infatuation for the younger Lotta, Barney's emotional turmoil is further compounded by his son Richard (Joel McCrea), who begins falling for her as well.
COME AND GET IT is a finely-crafted romantic drama, and Frances Farmer gives a splendid performance as both incarnations ... Read More
Rating: - Gee, The Mother and Daughter Sure Look Alike
Based on Edna Ferber's generational tale about the Wisconsin logging industry, "Come and Get It" (1936) is an excellent pairing of Frances Farmer and Edward Arnold (best known for "Diamond Jim"). What I found most interesting is the incredible resemblance between Farmer and Jessica Lange, who played her in "Frances" (1982). That film was a somewhat distorted account of Farmer's troubled life and was quite a hit with the activist crowd at the time of its release.
In "Come and Get It" Farmer gets to play two roles, a bar girl and her grown daughter. Both portrayals are excellent, no small accomplishment given that the film was co-directed. Howard Hawks directed the first scenes. He was replaced in mid-production by William Wyler. Any stylistic differences are obscured because the film jumps ahead 20 years at about the point where Hawks left the production.
Wisconsin logger Barney Glasgow (Arnold) ... Read More
Rating: - rural sprawl produces another lumbering adaptation of edna ferber
as usual, edna ferber books are just too damned spread out to work as fully effective films, but they adapt as pretty good almosts. the first part of the movie, set in a late 1800s logging camp, work much better for me, with frances farmer way more credible as the bar girl than a generation later playing her own daughter. edward arnold is as always great (pleeez, release "diamond jim brady" on dvd!), and walter brennan won one of his 3 oscars in a memorable supporting turn, tho the young joel mccrea (usually a favorite) comes off as a stiff here. yet the inherent problem in any ferber adaptation (see "giant", "show boat", "saratoga trunk", &c.) is theres just too much that needs to be left out. still tho, its fun.
Rating: - I Came and Got It
I love this movie and was so thrilled Amazon.com had it online on DVD. Frances Farmer shone so brightly in this film as did Edward Arnold and Walter Brennen. For film buffs this is a keeper and a must. Thank you Amazon.com.
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