January 30 movie: Petticoat Fever. Robert Montgomery plays a wireless operator alone in the Arctic wilderness. Myrna Loy and Reginald Owen crash land near Montgomery's station and have to stay with him until help can arrive. Loy and Montgomery immediately fall for each other and treat Owen rather badly, considering he did nothing except have the bad luck to be the antagonist in someone else's movie. I can't recommend this unless you're a Montgomery (or Loy) completist. And I would definitely avoid it if you're offended by offensive portrayals of minorities in old movies.
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