“The Rains Came” (Movie Reviews-9/9/39)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 9/9/39 | Frank S. Nugent, B.R.C., H.T.S

[Fiddlstix]

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[PAR35]

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[GeronL]

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[tajgirvan]

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[tajgirvan]

Please define a “Movie classicist” for me. I probably am a girl after a your own heart if you think my dogs should be show dogs! They are under a year old and sometime act like showdogs!Thank you for your kindness. I don’t go to movies unless it is something like the “Lord of the Rings.” I am happy with another showing of “Gilda” or “Out of the Past” or maybe “Now,Voyager”. I could watch these over and over. Bette Davis was my Dad’s pet name for me when I was growing up! Turns out I am 1/4 Welsh, and she may be in my family tree!

[tajgirvan]

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[glide625]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

"The Rains Came" finally made it to the top of my Nextlix queue and we watched it last night. I found it notable for a couple things. The most unconvincing portrayal of an Indian I have ever seen (Tyrone Power in dark-face). The healthiest looking portrayal of a bubonic plague victim I have ever seen. Otherwise it was not bad, though I can see why it did not achieve the exalted status of some others made in 1939.

The end is probably what killed it at the box office though — she chooses to follow this cad as he globe trots but they do NOT get married. The Doctor?

I don't know why you call him a cad. He had no dishonorable intentions even after he succomed to her feminine wiles.

She was literally willing to be shipped around like his favorite piece of luggage.

But she had a change of heart at the bitter end. So I still haven't seen Myrna Loy cast as a complete floozy.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

#28 was meant for y’all, too.