Academy Awards, USA 1937
| Nominated Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Beulah Bondi |
| Best Cinematography George J. Folsey |
MGM
Directed by Clarence Brown
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
The first half chronicles the doomed juvenile romance between debutante Joan Crawford and sailor Robert Taylor. They laugh and giggle their way all the way to the altar, but he dies on ship duty. The focus then abruptly shifts to Washington, DC, where Joan is romanced by competing senators while serving as the defacto first lady for Andrew Jackson, "Uncle Andy" to her. Politics get in the way of one romance while gossip almost ruins the other. Interminable film populated with crude stereotypes, including Beulah Bondi's Oscar nominated performance as the pipe smoking wife of Uncle Andy. Even Jimmy Stewart manages to be irritating as Joan's drunk friend.
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