
In 1884 lumberman Barney Glasgow leaves his true love, saloon singer Lotta Morgan, to marry Emma Louise, his boss's daughter. His buddy Swan Bostrom marries Lotta instead. Barney becomes a lumber magnate by stripping the Wisconsin forests, without re-planting. After 23 years, Barney finally visits Swan. Lotta has died, but Barney is smitten by their daughter Lotta Bostrom, who looks almost like her mother. His lavish attentions to Lotta create gossip and a rivalry between Bar... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1884 lumberman Barney Glasgow leaves his true love, saloon singer Lotta Morgan, to marry Emma Louise, his boss's daughter. His buddy Swan Bostrom marries Lotta instead. Barney becomes a lumber magnate by stripping the Wisconsin forests, without re-planting. After 23 years, Barney finally visits Swan. Lotta has died, but Barney is smitten by their daughter Lotta Bostrom, who looks almost like her mother. His lavish attentions to Lotta create gossip and a rivalry between Barney and his son Richard.
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| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe first part of the film, the best, is unmistakably Hawks. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis melodrama, based on Edna Ferber's novel, is better known for its offscreen facts and scandals. It's a co-directed Oscar-winning film, which gives a rare opportunity to see the acting of Frances Farmer. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairThe film may not amount to much, but it's hard to deny the entertainment value of such an over-the-top storyline. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis drippy material was generally not the kind of stuff that suited Hawks, but he made the best of it with the film's spirited barroom brawls and a delightful scene in which McCrea and Farmer pull taffy together. |
| New York TimesFrank S. NugentAlthough there is nothing new in the theme, it has been simply and powerfully expressed by a number of admirable performances, and it has been played against an interesting background. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyHawks transformed Edna Ferber's historical novel into a sprawling adventure of hard-driving masculine will and a tragedy of its erotic limits. |
| User ReviewMark HThursday, February 25, 2010 (1936) Come And Get It ROMANTIC/ DRAMA There's an assumption that's been built surrounding black and white films that because they're old, that the characters wouldn't consist any relatable characters because of the times that it was made. But if anybody were to decide to watch this film, I know a great deal of people who could relate to the situation the central character had to make of deciding whether he should marry for love and be unwealthy OR marry for the convenience of money without actually being in love. This film deals with this kind of dilemma very well with another satisfying conclusion. Anybody familar with director Howard Hawks other work will love this film too!! 4/4 |
| User ReviewElizabeth WThe real Frances Farmer (portrayed by Jessica Lang in the movie "Frances") is stunningly beautiful and innocent. |
| User ReviewKatie RI guess I'm a sucker for Edna Ferber material. It's made bright by it's cast. Edward Arnold has always been a favorite of mine, and it's hard not to love Walter Brennan. Frances Farmer gives one of her best performance, playing both a sultry mother and her naive daughter. |
| User ReviewMark Karl HBased on a novel by Edna Ferber who also wrote "Giant" This Family saga sprawls 30 years from the 1880s to the 1910's when lumberman Barney Glasgow gives up his real love Lotta Bostram a barroom tart with a heart to marry the plain daughter of a business associate. His friend Swan Bostrom marries Lotta and they have a daughter also called Lotta who may or may not be Barney's offspring. (Its the30s so we arent being very explicit) Years later when Barney meets Lotta junior he falls in love all over agan and begins to make a fool of himself. It is however Barney's young son who takes Lotta's fancy...Although Walter Brennan won a best supporting actor oscar, this is Frances Farmer's film. Playing both mother and daughter she imbues both women with distinctly different characteristics. The elder Lotta is quite a bawdy girlwith a low singing voice who gives come hither looks and is quite worldly. Her daughter looks quite innocently at men and is much lighter and more direct in getting what she wants from them. Lotta junior sings her mothers trademark song "Aura Lee" quite differently to her mother. Rarely would Farmer again have the opprtunity to show just how good she could be. |