August 25 movie: Small Town Girl. Janet Gaynor plays, believe it or not, a small town girl. Bored with her ordinary, predictable life (the kind of life usually depicted as idyllic in old movies), she impulsively accepts a ride from rich townie Robert Taylor. They spend the evening together and when he drunkenly suggests marriage, she sees it as her ticket out and accepts. Come next morning, he wakes up sober and not happy to be married. Plus he already has a fiance. Uh-oh!
The movie is charming, I enjoyed it a lot. Only one quibble: Gaynor's boring small town life comes complete with a boring boyfriend, played by Jimmy Stewart. Which, hello? What in the what now? Jimmy Stewart is crazy about her and she can't wait to get away? What is she, some kind of freak?
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