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Robert Z. LeonardKamera:
William H. DanielsMusik:
William AxtBesetzung:
Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Alan Hale, Hale Hamilton, Russell Simpson, Cecil Cunningham, Ian Keith, Rose Dione, Walter Walker (mehr)Inhalte(1)
It was once theorized by critic Andrew Sarris that this 1931 Greta Garbo vehicle was subtitled "Her Fall & Rise" rather than the expected "Rise & Fall," because Hollywood--and by extension, the public--could not tolerate a failure. Whatever the case, modern audiences will latch onto Susan Lennox not because of its cumbersome title but because of its one-time-only pairing of Garbo and Clark Gable. Fleeing an arranged marriage with Alan Hale, Sr.,, Swedish farmer's daughter Garbo takes temporary refuge in a cabin in the woods, occupied by engineer Gable. Though it is love at first sight, Garbo hastily runs out of Gable's life when her uncle and her betrothed show up. Again a fugitive, Garbo joins a seedy carnival, becoming the kept woman of carney owner John Miljan. By chance, she is reunited with Gable, who spurns her because of her tawdry station in life. Years pass: Garbo has worked her way up the courtesan ladder, becoming the mistress of politician Hale Hamilton. This relationship comes to a sudden halt thanks to Hamilton's muckraking enemies, so it's back to the road for Garbo, who by now will settle for no man but her long-lost Gable. The protagonists finally manage bury the past in the jungle community where the drink-sodden Gable has retreated to "lose himself." Greta Garbo's performance in Susan Lennox: Her Fall and Rise is up to standard. The film was adapted by four screenwriters from a novel by David Graham Phillips. (Verleiher-Text)
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Von den Garbo-Filmen aus dem Jahr 1931 ist Mata Hari bei weitem der beste, aber Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) ist noch ein bisschen frecher. Ein unvergleichliches Pre-Code-Hollywood-Erlebnis. Das Schicksal der Hauptfigur bereits in der Wiege zu bestimmen, bedeutet große Dramatik in jedem Augenblick. Garbo ist großartig in allen Schattierungen dieses Geschöpfs, das nicht auf Rosen gebettet war. Alles ist so schön fatal und absolut. Die Scherben des Glücks sind fast greifbar, ebenso wie der Schmutz des Absturzes. An der Seite des blutjungen Gable, dem es Anfang '31 gelang, die Bank zu sprengen, ihn liehen sich alle erste Damen von MGM (neben Garbo vor allem Crawford und Shearer, wenig später auch Harlow, Davies und Lombard) aus.
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