[BenLurkin]

Best thing about the film was the matronly Baptist missionary wearing a holstered revolver on her hip while aiding the disaster victims.

Not surprising that it is an adaptation of a novel. 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.

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

Not very romantic for a movie — even if true to the original text.

[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.