What an incredible movie. I don't mind admitting that I cried at the end and I'm a 57-year-old man. I can't think of any fitting words to describe this movie properly, but I'll never forget it.
@@knaptmenneskelig2611 Ummm... you should look up the meaning of the word "apathy". I think you meant "empathy". I thought your comment was pretty funny though.
I hear you Lord!...to every person whom has "happened" onto this movie. I truly believe there is a message here for you; although the fantasy might be appealing please don't allow the sentiment & emotion to cloud your judgement!...today in 2020 this is still a message to be taught & a lesson to be learned. Your life is worth more than standing on the sideline for someone who will never commit to you. Run!! Run far away, block there number get a new phone, have a good cry then GET UP & keep living! Find the purpose God has for you & do it with everything you have! She was a nurturer & an encourager helping everyone around her but failing to listen to her own wisdom! In the end she talked herself into living below her worth & died in that same spot!
“Their number”. Are you not aware of their/ there/ they’re? There is a demonstrative pronoun. You seem to be like a lot of people who write words as you think they sound with no concept of grammar. Maybe God is sending you a message to learn a little grammar.
I was overawed by this gem of a film, made a dozen years before I was born ( I'm now 77) with the technology of the time. It's simply astounding: the leading pair, Irene Dunne AND John Boles, both underplay their role as star-crossed lovers, under the masterly direction of John Stahl and a great script and creative team. The film itself does not moralise or pass judgment on the behaviour of the protagonists, as so many commentators do.. We can indulge in sententious moralizing until the cows come home... But the reality is that it's a very well-made film of the other side of the love story coin. There cannot be that many 90-year old black and white movies that can still grip our attention and move a contemporary audience as this one does And all this, without histrionics, special effects, etc
Keep the beautiful look on life and these great b& white films. Don't let the ' hard hearted' jaded people out there put down romance. In this hard nasty world..it's the best..ROMANCE...!!
A truly convincing love story without any sex scenes. You see, love can be displayed properly and decently. Particularly the dying scenes at the end of the film are brillantly played. True theatrical representation.
@@cattycorner8 what's wrong with sex? Animals do it to reproduce! We all have to have sex if we want to have a baby! Sex was designed by God for us to enjoy as otherwise we would stop existing. There's nothing dirty about sex. It's like eating, and going to the loo. It's one of our bodily functions. In films actors only pretend to have sex. So there's absolutely nothing to complain. God gave us sex. There's nothing we can do about it. ❤️🤗
Oh, how terribly SAD!!! -and what a kindness from the son! What a mess we make of our lives sometimes! So unbearably sad. May God have mercy on us all through His Son, Jesus. Amen.
I've not seen this movie, so I'm reading the comments first to get some idea if it's worth seeing, and the answer is: NO!!! At the end of the day, these movies are propaganda to alter and change forever the Good Life, the Happy Ending, the Eternal Pure Love in between two spouses, to make abnormality normal!!! To put guilt on the innocent, and leave unscathed the perpetrator!! So the relationships on the scripts of these movies are pure conjectures without any connection with reality, but especially the Truth - because That would completely condemn and prohibit such nightmare of the soul, and they themselves would be without victims to abuse!!...May God put an end to this soon!!! ✝️ ✝️ *IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, HAVE MERCY ON US!!!* ✝️ ✝️
Great Dunne performance as she ages 50 years. Incredibly restrained without ever going over the top, yet powerfully moving and emotional. Wonderfully photographed as well.
Speechless, only crying. This love was true, yet not melodramatic, it was infused with realism. The scene in which Walter speaks to his son, with Rae present, is priceless. Walter stood up for their love in front of his son, and his son came to see that their love was not the despicable thing that he had judged it, and he honored it, years later. Rae stood up for their love by not marrying This is a rare film, rare for the acting, poignant yet sensitive directing. It shows that love knows no bounds yet people are bound to society. Brilliant, thank you for sharing.
Yes, how beautiful to commit adultery for years and then to teach your son that it is ok, while still continuing to commit adultery! The male star was utterly selfish and the female star was an absolute fool. The acting is excellent but this was a cautionary tale, not a beautiful love story (in my opinion). Men and women continue to behave the same way today and they always will, but there is nothing beautiful about lies, selfishness, and adultery.
@psychattack3381 :: Thank God you're here ! Walter was totally selfish. He wanted the best of both worlds. Rae had her chance. She could have had a husband and family ... but, it's easy for me to judge. I'm kind you have a more realistic attitude. I am still watching the film at 1:05:39 when I saw your comment. I'm waiting patiently for this to end. I know it will be sad ... but Rae made her decision and Walter is still lounging around on sofas, completely unconcerned about the life that was sacrificed for his love, which really wasn't anything but self-love. From your comment, it looks like Walter escapes any accountability ; his son forgives him (?) and I quess Rae jumps in front of a high-speed train (?) Good film, though ! Your critique was the best ‼️ Well-"said" ‼️
@psychattack3381 :: I just finished watching. Ok ! Dunne was wishful-thinking about Walter's mother's reaction to Rae ... Walter's mother was a no BS woman. It was written all over her demeanor. She knew Walter was in a committed relationship and she never would have approved of Rae ... but it was her fantasy ...
No man is worth all that. Love is such a powerful emotion but it can change to hatred and bitterness so quickly. I never would continue a relationship with a married man once I knew I have more respect for myself.
Too many women believe the man will choose them by their persuading talk and somehow cancel their other relationship. Sad. 2024 now and time continues on the same.
This was a first for me to view Irene Dunn a magnificent actress 1932. It brought back memories of my own life, but a 7 year relationship that I finally realized a Back Street affair with a married man, that wasn't going anywhere.was not for me. I wanted to belong, marriage, children of my own, a stable life. I broke it off for good when I met my husband married 17 years when he past. The best movie to me was Susan Hayward and John Gavin and in color. If you are a sucker for ladies films, tear jerker, this is it plus Affair to Remember - great. Thank you!
Irene Dunne was radiant in this film, and her acting was stellar. She's a little under the radar when it comes to the great actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age, but make no mistake; she could more than hold her own with the best of them. She chewed the scenery in this film, in a very subtle and graceful manner. Never a big John Boles fan, but I have to say he was perfect for this role. Their chemistry was remarkable. He was magnificently selfish, possessive, unfaithful- and loyal. Their love for each other was powerful, invincible, enduring, painful, poignant and undeniably insane. A very fine piece of cinema, it remains the superior version- IMO
Love old movies, especially romantic ones. This one starts out in Cincinnati and mentions Over-The Rhine, Eden Park and even Hamilton. But it is also a tear jerker… After a four day illness, revived by a concert, I find myself melancholy. But Tuesday’s concert is just around the corner. Please don’t rain! 😢
. Love the classics. Sometimes I feel I was born a little too late. The silent movies even appeals to me. Thanks for sharing. Love her and Claudette Colbert.
There are so many wonderful movies from that Era. Of Human bondage with Betty Davis, The story of Alexander G Bell w/ Don Ameche. Joan Crawford in Rain 1932 The Call of the Wild w/ Clark Gable and Loretta Young.
@@evaperez4139 You're the only other person I've ever known who knows about Rain with Joan Crawford. She is absolutely fantastic in that film. I was blown away when I first saw it; it gave me a whole different perspective on Joan Crawford. Rain is one of my all-time favorite movies.
This is a story of love at first sight starts out well then when they fall deeply for each other, things start to go wrong at no fault of theirs! but the story doent end there it becomes so much more, the acting was superb, a good movie with a lot of heart over head decisions made ! I will leave the judgment of each decision that they the main characters make to all who will watch it for themselves and to God above whom we shall all answer to! it certainly is a story that has been real in parts since humans were born! and the morals in this story cannot be ignored.
Walter was a spineless little mama’s boy, feeling absolutely zero remorse for asking another human to sacrifice their entire life for his occasional passing interest. But she stayed with him rather than simply accepting another who truly loved her and wanted to give her everything. It’s a sad ending, but I guess they in fact deserved each other after all. That other standup dude dodged a major bullet when she went back to Walter. If this had an epilogue, i hope he found someone who actually deserved a man of his character and honest, loving generosity.
OH PLEASE, AREN'T YOU TAKING THIS TOO SERIOUSLY? THE OTHER GUY IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAINT. MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN FOR SEX & EMOTIONS. JUST BECAUSE HE SAYS HE LOVED HER DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. MAYBE IT WAS, MAYBE IT WASN'T. WALTER WAS IN LOVE WITH RAE, RAE WITH HIM. THEY HAD EACH OTHER. YES WALTER'S LIFE WAS FULL & HE WAS NOT AS DEPENDENT ON RAE AS RAE WAS ON HIM. BUT RAE SHOULD HAVE DEVELOPED SOME OTHER INTERESTS OR HOBBIES INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE LONELY. IF IT WAS PERMISSIBLE THEN FOR A SINGLE WOMAN TO ADOPT A CHILD, SHE COULD HAVE DONE THAT INSTEAD OF BEING WITHOUT AS WALTER COULDN'T GIVE HER ONE. LET THAT BE A WORD TO THE WISE--IF YOU'RE THE SECOND WIFE IN A MAN'S LIFE, DEVELOP OTHER INTERESTS TO STAVE THE LONELINESS. NOW YOU ARE SAYING SHE SHOULD HAVE MARRIED THE OTHER GUY. LOVE HAS TO GO BOTH WAYS. I HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF MALES 'IN LOVE' WITH ME BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE. IMAGINE BEING IN A 'LOVELESS' MARRIAGE & YOU HAVE TO DUTIFULLY GIVE HIM HEAD & DO SEX ALL THE TIME - & YOU FEEL NOTHING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FEELINGS. WALTER & RAE HAD FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER, STOP BEING A FOOL & MAKING THE OTHER GUY INTO A SAINT. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET & FILL YOUR LIFE WITH OTHER INTERESTS AS WELL--JUST AS HE HAD OTHER INTERESTS. HE WAS BUSY, SO YOU STAY BUSY ALSO. SHE COULD HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE POOR SINCE WALTER SUPPORTED HER. REALLY, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO LONELINESS.
True women always love men with something intangible. They never care too much about money and a lot more altruistic than men. Rae is a woman with a lot hearts, but the ending too sad
@@GuruRasaVonWerder first, back in 1932 when this movie was made, woman were probably not allowed to adopt a child as a single woman. They also made far less money, and as single women, could barely support themselves. (It was also the Great Depression!) They also did not have the independence nor societal acceptance that you casually report. Also, where do you get that all women give their husbands “ head.”? Back then wives did not do that. Even now a days, not all wives do, which is why a lot of men cheat. Also, try not typing your responses all in caps. Why do you do that?
I've seen all three versions of this movie. (1932) Irene Dunne and John Boles; (1941) Margaret Sullavan and Charles Boyer; and (1961) Susan Hayward and John Gavin. My mother introduced me to the movies and stars of old Hollywood. The actors/actresses of today have a long way to go, to keep up. Way back then, there was no call for explicit sex. The leading man seduced the leading lady... fade out. You already knew where it would lead... you didn't have to watch! Bravo to the movies of the 30s, 40s and 50s!.
US public has turned voyeur since the 70's, hence "explicit" sex and even more, porn, are mandatory scenes, and readily served by Hollywood to draw viewers.
Don't be such prudes ...... there is nothing wrong with sex in a movie as long as it fits in with the story. Most of my friends all say they would rather watch a sex scene any day than have to sit thru a long drawn out violent scene. Movies like "Body Heat" from the early 80s starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt is a perfect example of a movie with great acting /sex /and a very good story. That's just one example there are a lot more.
Romantic drama well acted is a bigger turn on than the same old honk her up on a table or vomit scenes that are done to death today- The original is very absorbing and fun to see!
@@alphonsozorro7952 It wasn't white Christians who created and distributed the porn. The complicit USSC ruled porn was "free speech" despite its devastating effects on the human psyche. It's completely Talmudic and Hollywood is Talmudic 100%. Still, the acting in this version is nothing less than superb and I dare say high art by the stars. Magnificent.
I wish that John and Irene could have co-starred in Showboat. Her voice was so lovely and his was wonderful. It would have been such a gift to have them singing together on film, especially the "You Are Love" number. The character of Gaylord Ravenal was similar to Walter. Both kind of ambitious, cocky young guys who were humbled and grew as human beings.
Wow. Movie was the most perfect I've ever seen in my life. Maybe 10,000 films I've watched over the course of my life thus far. Superb! Brilliant! All of the favorable accolades one may give. The writing and acting was powerful and accurate. This was a very high end production made by true artists, the masters of their craft and it shows.
Yes, it was a perfect film, about imperfect people. The writing and direction were beautiful and the acting perfectly portrayed the deep pain and wondrous beauty of a love that perhaps wasn't meant to be, but in actuality, had to be. I can think of nothing in this film that could be changed to make it more perfect. This is what art does, it shows us life, in all its pain and joy, and it touches our souls. A haunting, perfect film.
What a fabulous movie ! Incredible performances and a great lesson for many. I don't remember the last time I cried before this. And all this without a single word or act of vulgarity. What these artists could convey with their eyes and expressions, is incredible.
I saw a little here and there. I absolutely loved it. In fact, I was thinking about it recently but could not recall the name of the movie. I will try to watch it again
It was sad. It was sad because it was a fair and honest portrayal of two sides of the coin of adultery. The two characters developed a deep and real love for each other over the years that became a truly beautiful thing. At the same time the pain and shame of an adulterous affair was shown for what it is, a tragedy. They both suffered in different ways, but they had a deep joy from the very thing that caused their suffering. Life is complicated. This film was more complex than many others made about the same topic. The writing, direction and especially the acting, were superb.
Thanks so much for posting this classic film. I had never seen this, the original - i had only seen the remake. It was good but this version is so much better. Irene Dunne was such a wonderful actress and John Boles was so underrated. Thanks again!!!
This was so incredibly good !!! So nuanced and progressively revealing until it's clear that it could have been no other way - throughout the pain, there is a private and soul-deep beauty. I loved the story and the actors. Thank you so much for posting !!!
True! Every time I watch it. I am struck at how well the film has aged. People find it painful to watch bc something about it strikes a chord. I admire the acting and directing. It's a good movie because people can still argue over it 100 years later.
I wasn’t expecting to like this movie because I’ve seen the 1961 version which was done like one of those melodramas of so-called women’s films Hollywood was making during that time. This first version, pre-Hays code, although sometimes awkward like many of the first talkie films had a surprising way of presenting the theme of adultery. One really believes that these 2 were meant for one another despite their circumstances. It shows tolerance and the subject isn’t treated with any high brow morality or any religious bias. The performances by the main actors as well as the supporting cast were nuanced and sensitive. A gem of early sound films. Thanks for posting and I was pleased to discover it. ❤
I am drawn to this movie because when my life was strong and young, I wasted it. Now that my life is small and frail, I have lots of time to understand my foolish choices.
This remains as one of my favorite black & white films. I've watched this movie dozens of times over the years. Never fails to move me to tears at the end. Also, it always brings to mind the "what ifs" of my own life!
Movies back then seldom used instrumentals throigh scenes yet I couldn't hold my tears in when he called her and struggled to say anything but repeat her name. He meant I love you and forgive me as always but he was so much of a man and a living father couldn't do it to his son who showed enough empathy to put her on line with his father. My uncle passex of paralyctic stroke and so did Dad of a stroke. Irene was beautiful and very elegant. Her knowing he'd passed on the other end bursted my eyes with tears. The most painful pain in the world after lising a child is ghe departure of your other half. Excellent movie and thank you for uploading and reading.
Also, gotta love a period piece because of all the glamorous furnisings, clothes n autos, furnishings n street scenes everything that reeks of old world beauty, class and era's gone by if a gentler, more worthwhile time that made living for it's own sake a thing of beauty to have accomplished!!!
When I was young and dating, I ran from anyone that was married, engaged, or had a girlfriend. I wanted nothing to do with it. Don't get me wrong, I was attracted a time or two, but I had absolutely nothing to do with them.
This movie, I notice many shaky hand- held camera scenes. And cheap canvas backgrounds. The couple never gives us any clues about why. The movie makers back then called this genre "women's movies"
What a wonderful film. Thanks so much for uploading! People are missing the points of this movie. Walter, he thought she was uninterested in being with him when she was in a bind with her sister about to jump from the window. There’s things they should’ve or could’ve done differently in direction; but then you wouldn’t have two opposing views from the audience. This film strives for the reaction of having a sense of compassion for the characters. They were in love with one another for 25 years. He wasn’t a playboy because he was only involved with Ray, not every woman. He should’ve just divorced Corrine, I think.
@@Genevieve111Definitely! He should have. He might also have called on Rae for an explanation and introduced her to his mother another time. He was a very weak and selfish man, and mean too it turned out.
I love how this is very early in Irene Dunne's film career, she's just getting started and she's 35 years old. It wouldn't happen today, or if a leading lady did only get a start at 35, her career would be a very short one, perhaps a decade. Irene was always very youthful. She was only s few years younger than William Powell, but looks decades younger playing his long suffering wife in Life With Father from 1947, with 50 year old Irene and mid fifties Powell. I guess beautiful women though are pretty timeless and ageless really. She was just a classy gorgeous woman. I also think women gain a confidence in their thirties that we (at least in my case!) lacked in our twenties. Confidence, wisdom and poise goes a long way to soften the blow of lost youth in my opinion.
3122tan I don't know what you are saying, but back in 1930th women actually started their acting career at 16-18! Many started in vodevieles and on Broadway before Studios took a notice! Remember those groups of very young women Studios were grooming for stardom /I forgot what they called/, but they had different group each year for 14+ years on a row! Several measure stars came out of this. If Irene Dune was 35:when she started as you said - she probably was a Sharon Stone of that era!😏
Thank you for posting this movie. I am disabled, and am in terrible pain. So, this helped to get away from it for awhile. I had guessed one of them were going to die. Probably the mistress. But they both did. Any way God bless.
I understand the chronic pain and using the videos to disappear in. Hope you are OK & dealing well. If you have any recommended films put them here. I like anything but horror evil.
The older I get the more rare, and the more the stuff of a fantasy for the vast majority of people 'true love' like that looks to be. The heart is far more fickle in most relationships. The dignity the characters sometimes showed was impressive. The look back at the culture at the time makes such an interesting movie.
It's hard to believe this characters didn't just step onto the screen yesterday. So crisp and clear a film... I can't believe it's been nearly 90 years! I have to say, I saw some colorized versions of street scenes filmed in various places in the past. Some were filmed in the very early 1900's. Corsets, horse carriages, parasols, spats, hats everywhere... In living color!!! It was very disconcerting because it looked like a dress rehearsal going on today, yet it was 120 years hence... So much different than seeing the actual past in only black and white. It made the time before us so much more real to me.
Irene Dunne is more convincingly sensual than any other actress I’ve ever seen. She has such beautiful, soft skin and natural elegance. Her face is so expressive, her voice so pleasant, her movements so graceful and spontaneous and above all, her personality so attractive, a compelling combination of fun, vivacity, smarts, dignity, courage, pathos and compassion. A total total star. Men must have gone crazy for her. I find this story very true to life, as I’ve both witnessed and experienced many such situations and behaviours over the years. Btw the plot, with its “what if...?” unanswered questions at the end, is like Theodore Storm’s “Immensee”.
Wow! What a great story, and emotional! Walter did some absolutely fantastic acting (re: medical condition) towards the end. Very, very impressive portrayal.
Good movie. That seems like a true love story, even with the moral implications. The realities were not watered down and the good times were not romanticized or exaggerated.
This 🎥 is a topic as old as time. Mistress sees the man at his convenience.....always waiting. She was a career woman yet still had marriage proposals while she was younger. She could have lived a married life of her own. This-before I see the end of the film. Tks for uploading.
Ohhh I just finished watching, how sad!! She died of a broken heart. Very Good Acting, I got so wrapped up in it, as if they really did love one another they spoke so sincerely to one another their voices were softly spoken & calming ( am I nuts! Lol) I started to hate Walter when he didn't call her for 3 weeks a and didn't dream he'd continue to Love her so much! Loved how he explained to his son. Didn't expect him to do what he did *****stars and a thumbs up 👍👍👍al
John Boles did a fabulous job of showing Walter's maturing into an appreciative and deeply loving man. He was a fine actor, and wonderful singer. Catch him in another movie with Irene Dunn, The Age of Innocence.
Wow, simply a classic star-crossed story! Irene Dunne and John Boles were fabulous, they were marvelous together. My heart was truly breaking for them at the end, my eyes were filled with tears. They just don't make such films anymore and that is a shame, I loved the fact that regardless that it was in many ways an "unfulfilled relationship", both characters' hearts were full enough with what they shared. I love these old B/W classics, wonderful script, direction, AND acting.🥰❤👏👏👏
If you look through the rest of the comments, you will see that other watchers give sad *details* about the ending of this movie. Sorry I gave a spoiler alert, but I am not the only one. You should go through all the comments and tell those people, "Thanks for the spoiler."
@@dawny2985 No need to apologize. I always think when it comes to a movie- watch first and read comments second. I mean, what are the comments going to be about if not the plot of the movie? I just found the film to be infuriating. Yes, the acting was great. But the character of Walter ended up being contemptible. The only noble character ended up being his son, who honored his father’s wishes by volunteering to support Ray. (And why hadn’t his father made provisions for that anyway?!!!). I had seen the Susan Hayward version of this, but this version was far better.
@@GiftSparks Thanks GiftSparks. I am just glad there are folks out there that still love these old movies and people out there willing to put them on RUclips for us to see:)
I wonder if my grand parents saw this film. Almost 9 decades later I can preciate its very talented performers in a very credible and moving drama. Thank you!
Ray (Irene Dunne) explained her personal feelings about love & marriage, when telling Kurt at the beginning of the movie ... "It would be horrible to marry a man if I loved another. I know myself. it's all the way or zero with me, ... and Heaven help the man I do fall in love with." Ray agrees to break her marriage plans with Kurt, agrees to quit her successful career, agrees to remain childless -- all to be available whenever Walter's busy career and married life allowed. Yet, in each of the very limited encounters between Walter and Ray, most of what we are shown is Ray's disappointment, heartache and emptiness in her love life, with few outward displays of happiness between them. Her love was so strong, it controlled her, clouded her reasoning and judgement. Walter, who claims to love her, is too busy to see her, or phone her, and is repeatedly asking her to forgive him for a variety of his actions of neglect and misdeeds. And, Walter is so absent-minded that he completely overlooks providing an income to support her. Ray, humbly, selflessly, and without asking Walter for support, uses her artistry to sell painted vases for a small income. Upon seeing her work products, it is only then Walter realizes he asked her to quit her career, yet provided her with no income. Embarrassed by the oversight, Walter only then begins sending her a meager $200/month ??? Yet, somehow Ray remains hopelessly in love with Walter despite her emotional loneliness, limitations on social life and friendships, and isolation from any public view of their relationship. At the beginning of the movie, Walter's planned marriage to Corrine appears not to be based on love for Corinne, but is solely to benefit his upward career path by leveraging the connection to Corinne's wealthy uncle's business. The weak-minded Walter beforehand had suggested to Ray that he wanted his mother's by-sight-only-approval of Ray to further the relationship with Ray, implying that he would break his engagement to Corinne. That by-chance meeting of Walter's mother was unavoidably missed by seconds. Yet the vain Walter, who claims to love Ray, without a follow-up phone call or attempts to meet with Ray, fires off an angry letter to Ray -- dismissing the relationship. (That makes no sense to me. If Walter really loved her, he would have continued to pursue Ray.) Ultimately, I believe Walter used both women; Corinne to further his career, and Ray to fulfill passions his wife could not. I despise what Walter did to Ray's life. The only true love I could see was in the tender, devoted, ... very selfless, broken heart of Ray ... whose love most men would die for. Magnificent, Oscar-worthy performance by Irene Dunne.
How could Walter truly love someone he just met? He was a very selfish man. He had his cake and ate it too. Sadly, at the expense of Rays happiness. She had options......if he loves her he would of let her go on with her life.
And, Kurt, the good guy who could have showed Ray true happiness, gets screwed over in the end. I was talking back to the characters once Kurt came back into the picture, and I wasn't pleased, lol!
@@lorrainem8234I'm so glad i'm not the only one l o l... When he said he saw the note and said. Oh I can't believe that you're going to do this... I was screaming at him...leave her alone... But I agree with you
I cried and cried reading this book. I was in love with a married man, something I never dreamed would happen to me. I hated infidelity. But it did happen. I still have the book and I am alone.
Fun factoid: at 21:40, Irene Dunne hums "After the Ball", a popular song of the era, while getting dressed. Four years later, in the famous film version of Showboat, Irene Dunne (as "Magnolia")sings "After the Ball" in the Chicago New Year's Eve scene.
Beautifully acted. Not corny in the slightest. But such a love? Does it really exist.? Well, for an hour or so, in our imaginations. Love the fashion, especially the women's attire. This is the only time I wish the film was in colour.
One of my favorite movies. Both Irene Dunne and Susan Hayward did excellent jobs in both versions. I love these classic movies. The cast was also excellent too.
In the book she died from starvation clutching Walter’s shoes. She had no money. The son died shortly after his father and no provision was made for Ray in Walter’s Will. It shows another side of life, one where a woman loves one man so much she sacrificed everything to be with him. She told him, “I live in the back streets of your life.”, hence the name BACK STREET. The author also wrote the novel IMITATION OF LIFE.
Black and white films are my guilty pleasures...I've watched loads on youtube and every once in a while a masterpiece comes along such as this....I believe that if a man loves a woman so deeply then he should have courage to leave his wife...but she allowed him to have his cake and eat it.
An absolutely wonderful film. Much much better than the sappy sugar coated 1961 version, although that one was the version I saw as a teen in the 70’s. I think I prefer this one because of Irene Dunn’s and John Boles’ performances and the superb styling and lighting of the sets - not to mention the splendid fashions! They don’t make clothes like THAT anymore! Thanks for the upload!
OMG--the scene at 50:30 when Rae begs Walter to give her a child is devastatingly heartbreaking! Only Irene Dunne could manage that level of pathos. Only Barbara Stanwyck was in the same acting league!
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I am totally with you. Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck stood in a class apart. My two favourite actresses. They were both equally great in comedy and drama. This film is superb. Boles is equally terrific in the role of the selfish Walter
Way back in 1932 Irene Dunne was already showing herself to be a natural actress … I have always liked her movies. Greetings from down here in Querétaro, México, where I moved to from Dallas, Texas, 16 months ago. La vida es buena. :-)
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What a great movie and excellent acting. No smoke and mirrors just talent. A lost art.
What an incredible movie. I don't mind admitting that I cried at the end and I'm a 57-year-old man. I can't think of any fitting words to describe this movie properly, but I'll never forget it.
Maybe it rings a bell for you.... we cry when a movie seems our life.
@@danieladibenedetto6003 …… or maybe he just has the capability for feeling apathy for his fellow man…….
@@knaptmenneskelig2611 It can be. :)
@@knaptmenneskelig2611 Ummm... you should look up the meaning of the word "apathy". I think you meant "empathy". I thought your comment was pretty funny though.
@@mchatouille Apathy WAS funnier!!
I hear you Lord!...to every person whom has "happened" onto this movie. I truly believe there is a message here for you; although the fantasy might be appealing please don't allow the sentiment & emotion to cloud your judgement!...today in 2020 this is still a message to be taught & a lesson to be learned. Your life is worth more than standing on the sideline for someone who will never commit to you. Run!! Run far away, block there number get a new phone, have a good cry then GET UP & keep living! Find the purpose God has for you & do it with everything you have! She was a nurturer & an encourager helping everyone around her but failing to listen to her own wisdom! In the end she talked herself into living below her worth & died in that same spot!
I agree...
Sp very true , I was saying that all the way through ...your worth more than this
Had they actually gotten married maybe the relationship wouldn't have lasted. Forbidden romance has it's mystique!
Why “whom” and not “who”? “Who” is actually correct as it refers to the subject of the sentence.
“Their number”. Are you not aware of their/ there/ they’re? There is a demonstrative pronoun. You seem to be like a lot of people who write words as you think they sound with no concept of grammar. Maybe God is sending you a message to learn a little grammar.
I was overawed by this gem of a film, made a dozen years before I was born ( I'm now 77) with the technology of the time.
It's simply astounding: the leading pair, Irene Dunne AND John Boles, both underplay their role as star-crossed lovers, under the masterly direction of John Stahl and a great script and creative team.
The film itself does not moralise or pass judgment on the behaviour of the protagonists, as so many commentators do.. We can indulge in sententious moralizing until the cows come home...
But the reality is that it's a very well-made film of the other side of the love story coin. There cannot be that many 90-year old black and white movies that can still grip our attention and move a contemporary audience as this one does
And all this, without histrionics, special effects, etc
bring it down idol worship abomination. it's a good film from hellywood yes. gross. look up adrenechrome.
@@renatalove5212 I agree with everything you said but lol 😹 that was funny
Very well stated.
Keep the beautiful look on life and these great b& white films. Don't let the ' hard hearted' jaded people out there put down romance. In this hard nasty world..it's the best..ROMANCE...!!
Don't forget Karl Laemle who produced it and a garland of more great movies
Irene Dunne. One of the greats. She could do it all. Comedy. Tragedy. Exquisite. Incredible lyric soprano.
Agreed-- love her along with Norma Shearer and Myrna Loy...Life with Father w/ William Powell was priceless!!.
A truly convincing love story without any sex scenes. You see, love can be displayed properly and decently.
Particularly the dying scenes at the end of the film are brillantly played. True theatrical representation.
Even indecent love can be displayed without graphic sex.
The movie attempts to sanitize adultery.
@@granny58 Twenty-five years of it.
Decently ??? There is nothing decent about adultery !
@@cattycorner8 what's wrong with sex? Animals do it to reproduce! We all have to have sex if we want to have a baby! Sex was designed by God for us to enjoy as otherwise we would stop existing.
There's nothing dirty about sex. It's like eating, and going to the loo. It's one of our bodily functions.
In films actors only pretend to have sex. So there's absolutely nothing to complain.
God gave us sex. There's nothing we can do about it. ❤️🤗
Oh, how terribly SAD!!! -and what a kindness from the son! What a mess we make of our lives sometimes! So unbearably sad. May God have mercy on us all through His Son, Jesus. Amen.
Most US lives are a mess, but they don't know them as such. The new US "normal" is messy life: divorcees, single mothers, abortion, etc.
I've not seen this movie, so I'm reading the comments first to get some idea if it's worth seeing, and the answer is: NO!!! At the end of the day, these movies are propaganda to alter and change forever the Good Life, the Happy Ending, the Eternal Pure Love in between two spouses, to make abnormality normal!!! To put guilt on the innocent, and leave unscathed the perpetrator!! So the relationships on the scripts of these movies are pure conjectures without any connection with reality, but especially the Truth - because That would completely condemn and prohibit such nightmare of the soul, and they themselves would be without victims to abuse!!...May God put an end to this soon!!! ✝️ ✝️ *IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, HAVE MERCY ON US!!!* ✝️ ✝️
Great Dunne performance as she ages 50 years. Incredibly restrained without ever going over the top, yet powerfully moving and emotional. Wonderfully photographed as well.
She's 44, but still 🤩
I love this movie so much, dare not say how often i watch it. For 1932, it really shows how life really is .
Real life is far worse now. Single mothers have come to be viewed as part of the new "normal", while, back then, they would have appeared as oddities.
Speechless, only crying. This love was true, yet not melodramatic, it was infused with realism. The scene in which Walter speaks to his son, with Rae present, is priceless. Walter stood up for their love in front of his son, and his son came to see that their love was not the despicable thing that he had judged it, and he honored it, years later. Rae stood up for their love by not marrying
This is a rare film, rare for the acting, poignant yet sensitive directing. It shows that love knows no bounds yet people are bound to society.
Brilliant, thank you for sharing.
In total agreement.
Yes, how beautiful to commit adultery for years and then to teach your son that it is ok, while still continuing to commit adultery! The male star was utterly selfish and the female star was an absolute fool. The acting is excellent but this was a cautionary tale, not a beautiful love story (in my opinion). Men and women continue to behave the same way today and they always will, but there is nothing beautiful about lies, selfishness, and adultery.
@psychattack3381 ::
Thank God you're here ! Walter was totally selfish. He wanted the best of both worlds. Rae had her chance. She could have had a husband and family ... but, it's easy for me to judge. I'm kind you have a more realistic attitude. I am still watching the film at 1:05:39 when I saw your comment. I'm waiting patiently for this to end. I know it will be sad ... but Rae made her decision and Walter is still lounging around on sofas, completely unconcerned about the life that was sacrificed for his love, which really wasn't anything but self-love. From your comment, it looks like Walter escapes any accountability ; his son forgives him (?) and I quess Rae jumps in front of a high-speed train (?)
Good film, though ! Your critique was the best ‼️
Well-"said" ‼️
@psychattack3381 :: I just finished watching. Ok ! Dunne was wishful-thinking about Walter's mother's reaction to Rae ... Walter's mother was a no BS woman. It was written all over her demeanor. She knew Walter was in a committed relationship and she never would have approved of Rae ... but it was her fantasy ...
@@psychattack3381Wow... Very well put and true....
No man is worth all that. Love is such a powerful emotion but it can change to hatred and bitterness so quickly. I never would continue a relationship with a married man once I knew I have more respect for myself.
Too many women believe the man will choose them by their persuading talk and somehow cancel their other relationship. Sad. 2024 now and time continues on the same.
terrific movie! hard to believe it's almost 90 yrs. old but theme is still relevant & touching
Unfortunately
This was a first for me to view Irene Dunn a magnificent actress 1932. It brought back memories of my own life, but a 7 year relationship that I finally realized a Back Street affair with a married man, that wasn't going anywhere.was not for me. I wanted to belong, marriage, children of my own, a stable life. I broke it off for good when I met my husband married 17 years when he past. The best movie to me was Susan Hayward and John Gavin and in color. If you are a sucker for ladies films, tear jerker, this is it plus Affair to Remember - great. Thank you!
" I wanted to belong, marriage, children of my own, a stable life." In modern USA, an unaffordable proposition.
Good 4 you.
For an old movie the film clarity was outstanding.
Irene Dunne was radiant in this film, and her acting was stellar. She's a little under the radar when it comes to the great actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age, but make no mistake; she could more than hold her own with the best of them. She chewed the scenery in this film, in a very subtle and graceful manner. Never a big John Boles fan, but I have to say he was perfect for this role. Their chemistry was remarkable. He was magnificently selfish, possessive, unfaithful- and loyal. Their love for each other was powerful, invincible, enduring, painful, poignant and undeniably insane. A very fine piece of cinema, it remains the superior version- IMO
Love old movies, especially romantic ones. This one starts out in Cincinnati and mentions Over-The Rhine, Eden Park and even Hamilton. But it is also a tear jerker… After a four day illness, revived by a concert, I find myself melancholy. But Tuesday’s concert is just around the corner. Please don’t rain! 😢
. Love the classics. Sometimes I feel I was born a little too late. The silent movies even appeals to me. Thanks for sharing. Love her and Claudette Colbert.
Me too I m 62 love these movies
I normally do not like movies from this era, but this was exceptional. Superior acting, wonderful plot--I loved it.
There are so many wonderful movies from that Era.
Of Human bondage with Betty Davis,
The story of Alexander G Bell w/ Don Ameche.
Joan Crawford in Rain 1932
The Call of the Wild w/ Clark Gable and Loretta Young.
@@evaperez4139 You're the only other person I've ever known who knows about Rain with Joan Crawford. She is absolutely fantastic in that film. I was blown away when I first saw it; it gave me a whole different perspective on Joan Crawford. Rain is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Powerful script. Excellent acting, it made me cry for it was so real.
I started watching this film with reservations but the depth and luminosity of Irene Dunne completely captivated me. Wonderful film.
This is a story of love at first sight starts out well then when they fall deeply for each other, things start to go wrong at no fault of theirs! but the story doent end there it becomes so much more, the acting was superb, a good movie with a lot of heart over head decisions made ! I will leave the judgment of each decision that they the main characters make to all who will watch it for themselves and to God above whom we shall all answer to! it certainly is a story that has been real in parts since humans were born! and the morals in this story cannot be ignored.
Walter was a spineless little mama’s boy, feeling absolutely zero remorse for asking another human to sacrifice their entire life for his occasional passing interest. But she stayed with him rather than simply accepting another who truly loved her and wanted to give her everything. It’s a sad ending, but I guess they in fact deserved each other after all. That other standup dude dodged a major bullet when she went back to Walter. If this had an epilogue, i hope he found someone who actually deserved a man of his character and honest, loving generosity.
OH PLEASE, AREN'T YOU TAKING THIS TOO SERIOUSLY? THE OTHER GUY IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAINT. MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN FOR SEX & EMOTIONS. JUST BECAUSE HE SAYS HE LOVED HER DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. MAYBE IT WAS, MAYBE IT WASN'T. WALTER WAS IN LOVE WITH RAE, RAE WITH HIM. THEY HAD EACH OTHER. YES WALTER'S LIFE WAS FULL & HE WAS NOT AS DEPENDENT ON RAE AS RAE WAS ON HIM. BUT RAE SHOULD HAVE DEVELOPED SOME OTHER INTERESTS OR HOBBIES INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE LONELY. IF IT WAS PERMISSIBLE THEN FOR A SINGLE WOMAN TO ADOPT A CHILD, SHE COULD HAVE DONE THAT INSTEAD OF BEING WITHOUT AS WALTER COULDN'T GIVE HER ONE. LET THAT BE A WORD TO THE WISE--IF YOU'RE THE SECOND WIFE IN A MAN'S LIFE, DEVELOP OTHER INTERESTS TO STAVE THE LONELINESS.
NOW YOU ARE SAYING SHE SHOULD HAVE MARRIED THE OTHER GUY. LOVE HAS TO GO BOTH WAYS. I HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF MALES 'IN LOVE' WITH ME BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE. IMAGINE BEING IN A 'LOVELESS' MARRIAGE & YOU HAVE TO DUTIFULLY GIVE HIM HEAD & DO SEX ALL THE TIME - & YOU FEEL NOTHING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FEELINGS. WALTER & RAE HAD FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER, STOP BEING A FOOL & MAKING THE OTHER GUY INTO A SAINT. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET & FILL YOUR LIFE WITH OTHER INTERESTS AS WELL--JUST AS HE HAD OTHER INTERESTS. HE WAS BUSY, SO YOU STAY BUSY ALSO. SHE COULD HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE POOR SINCE WALTER SUPPORTED HER. REALLY, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO LONELINESS.
True women always love men with something intangible. They never care too much about money and a lot more altruistic than men. Rae is a woman with a lot hearts, but the ending too sad
in another movie per haps..i hope...
@@GuruRasaVonWerder first, back in 1932 when this movie was made, woman were probably not allowed to adopt a child as a single woman. They also made far less money, and as single women, could barely support themselves. (It was also the Great Depression!)
They also did not have the independence nor societal acceptance that you casually report. Also, where do you get that all women give their husbands “ head.”? Back then wives did not do that. Even now a days, not all wives do, which is why a lot of men cheat. Also, try not typing your responses all in caps. Why do you do that?
Agree with you Wms YT page~
I've seen all three versions of this movie.
(1932) Irene Dunne and John Boles; (1941) Margaret Sullavan and Charles Boyer; and (1961) Susan Hayward and John Gavin. My mother introduced me to the movies and stars of old Hollywood. The actors/actresses of today have a long way to go, to keep up. Way back then, there was no call for explicit sex. The leading man seduced the leading lady... fade out. You already knew where it would lead... you didn't have to watch! Bravo to the movies of the 30s, 40s and 50s!.
US public has turned voyeur since the 70's, hence "explicit" sex and even more, porn, are mandatory scenes, and readily served by Hollywood to draw viewers.
Don't be such prudes ...... there is nothing wrong with sex in a movie as long as it fits in with the story. Most of my friends all say they would rather watch a sex scene any day than have to sit thru a long drawn out violent scene. Movies like "Body Heat" from the early 80s starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt is a perfect example of a movie with great acting /sex /and a very good story. That's just one example there are a lot more.
Romantic drama well acted is a bigger turn on than the same old honk her up on a table or vomit scenes that are done to death today- The original is very absorbing and fun to see!
'AMEN'...............................
@@alphonsozorro7952 It wasn't white Christians who created and distributed the porn. The complicit USSC ruled porn was "free speech" despite its devastating effects on the human psyche. It's completely Talmudic and Hollywood is Talmudic 100%. Still, the acting in this version is nothing less than superb and I dare say high art by the stars. Magnificent.
MAGNIFICENT Irene DUNNE---I just discovered her!!!!
What an actress---what range!!!!
That final scene is a tour de force!!!
Raymond Louis Llompart
She has a ba-zillion films out for you to watch! Enjoy!
if you haven't seen it already you should see "Penny Serenade" Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. (1941) Kind of sad but a good story...
Two years since your post. Irene Dunne fan?
She's incredible.
Adore John Boles, and Irene Dunne. The two of them together is magic. Talk about chemistry, you can feel the heat coming of the screen..
I wish that John and Irene could have co-starred in Showboat.
Her voice was so lovely and his was wonderful. It would have been such a gift to have them singing together on film, especially the "You Are Love" number.
The character of Gaylord Ravenal was similar to Walter.
Both kind of ambitious, cocky young guys who were humbled and grew as human beings.
Wow. Movie was the most perfect I've ever seen in my life. Maybe 10,000 films I've watched over the course of my life thus far.
Superb! Brilliant! All of the favorable accolades one may give.
The writing and acting was powerful and accurate. This was a very high end production made by true artists, the masters of their craft and it shows.
Yes, it was a perfect film, about imperfect people.
The writing and direction were beautiful and the acting perfectly portrayed the deep pain and wondrous beauty of a love that perhaps wasn't meant to be, but in actuality, had to be.
I can think of nothing in this film that could be changed to make it more perfect.
This is what art does, it shows us life, in all its pain and joy, and it touches our souls.
A haunting, perfect film.
This is a treasure. Thank you so much.
What a fabulous movie ! Incredible performances and a great lesson for many. I don't remember the last time I cried before this. And all this without a single word or act of vulgarity. What these artists could convey with their eyes and expressions, is incredible.
Absolutely! Their mannerisms, intonations, glances. Such talent I actually have no words. It pulls at you and draws you in.
@manjulavikas3443 There was vulgarity - the stepmother asked Kurt not to repeat it.
@@crose7412Good God, I have no memory of what this was about !
I saw a little here and there. I absolutely loved it. In fact, I was thinking about it recently but could not recall the name of the movie. I will try to watch it again
Beautifully sad film - such profundity. Irene Dunne, amazing. Thank you for sharing this brilliant work with us.
It was sad.
It was sad because it was a fair and honest portrayal of two sides of the coin of adultery.
The two characters developed a deep and real love for each other over the years that became a truly beautiful thing.
At the same time the pain and shame of an adulterous affair was shown for what it is, a tragedy.
They both suffered in different ways, but they had a deep joy from the very thing that caused their suffering.
Life is complicated.
This film was more complex than many others made about the same topic.
The writing, direction and especially the acting, were superb.
Thanks so much for posting this classic film. I had never seen this, the original - i had only seen the remake. It was good but this version is so much better. Irene Dunne was such a wonderful actress and John Boles was so underrated. Thanks again!!!
This was so incredibly good !!! So nuanced and progressively revealing until it's clear that it could have been no other way - throughout the pain, there is a private and soul-deep beauty. I loved the story and the actors. Thank you so much for posting !!!
True! Every time I watch it. I am struck at how well the film has aged. People find it painful to watch bc something about it strikes a chord. I admire the acting and directing. It's a good movie because people can still argue over it 100 years later.
Did anybody notice the children drinking at the table at the beginning of the movie back in the day
Walter should ve let her off the hook .... allow her to marry...he made her social taboo.. man is so selfish 😮
Would you let some women do that for you? Just curious
Your beautiful comment shows an understanding of life. Thank you.
I wasn’t expecting to like this movie because I’ve seen the 1961 version which was done like one of those melodramas of so-called women’s films Hollywood was making during that time. This first version, pre-Hays code, although sometimes awkward like many of the first talkie films had a surprising way of presenting the theme of adultery. One really believes that these 2 were meant for one another despite their circumstances. It shows tolerance and the subject isn’t treated with any high brow morality or any religious bias. The performances by the main actors as well as the supporting cast were nuanced and sensitive. A gem of early sound films. Thanks for posting and I was pleased to discover it. ❤
This is a beautiful intense love story, Why is it so hard sometimes to be with the one you TRULY Love ❤️
This movie was crazy! Had me mad and talking to the characters.....well done! lol
I enjoyed this. The actors were so talented . Today's movies are so much on visual effects, they forget what real acting looks and sounds like.
I am drawn to this movie because when my life was strong and young, I wasted it. Now that my life is small and frail, I have lots of time to understand my foolish choices.
This remains as one of my favorite black & white films. I've watched this movie dozens of times over the years. Never fails to move me to tears at the end. Also, it always brings to mind the "what ifs" of my own life!
A VERY SPECIAL MOVIE, AND STORY, WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED, THANK YOU.
I really loved it. I love old black and white movies. I look forward to more like it.
i read ...the book 50 years ago... i was 16! I never forget it and so happy today to find the moovie at U tube! thank you!
Was her twit sister who causedRay to. Not be at the concert on time pregnant? Is that why she said she would kill herself. Anybody?
I can't wait to read the book.
Good movie about a sad situation.
my heart broke for Ray, had me in tears I haven't cried for a love story in a very long long time and im 60 years old .
He says he’d gladly give up everything for her, but he doesn’t give up anything for her.
Movies back then seldom used instrumentals throigh scenes yet I couldn't hold my tears in when he called her and struggled to say anything but repeat her name. He meant I love you and forgive me as always but he was so much of a man and a living father couldn't do it to his son who showed enough empathy to put her on line with his father.
My uncle passex of paralyctic stroke and so did Dad of a stroke.
Irene was beautiful and very elegant.
Her knowing he'd passed on the other end bursted my eyes with tears. The most painful pain in the world after lising a child is ghe departure of your other half.
Excellent movie and thank you for uploading and reading.
Also, gotta love a period piece because of all the glamorous furnisings, clothes n autos, furnishings n street scenes everything that reeks of old world beauty, class and era's gone by if a gentler, more worthwhile time that made living for it's own sake a thing of beauty to have accomplished!!!
When I was young and dating, I ran from anyone that was married, engaged, or had a girlfriend. I wanted nothing to do with it. Don't get me wrong, I was attracted a time or two, but I had absolutely nothing to do with them.
That's because you were smart. You realized that life is hard enough without seeking trouble.
MegaZigle, people often make their own hells.
MegaZiglet Wise woman!
I did the same thing... always ran from anyone who was with someone else...no matter how I was attracted to them. I have no regrets.
@Charles Anthony Even then😁
Irene Dunne was the queen of the movies back then every movie she was in was excellent
This movie, I notice many shaky hand- held camera scenes. And cheap canvas backgrounds. The couple never gives us any clues about why. The movie makers back then called this genre "women's movies"
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE i
I love her!
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE I think you're somewhat vague.
Thank you so much for this wonderful, but sad movie. Irene & John were both were very fine actors.
What a wonderful film. Thanks so much for uploading! People are missing the points of this movie. Walter, he thought she was uninterested in being with him when she was in a bind with her sister about to jump from the window. There’s things they should’ve or could’ve done differently in direction; but then you wouldn’t have two opposing views from the audience. This film strives for the reaction of having a sense of compassion for the characters. They were in love with one another for 25 years. He wasn’t a playboy because he was only involved with Ray, not every woman. He should’ve just divorced Corrine, I think.
PSALMS 37:29
Revelation 21:3,4
He should have called off the engagement to Corrine...
There was the king of England that gave up the throne for love.
How do you know he wasn't involved with somebody else
@@Genevieve111Definitely! He should have. He might also have called on Rae for an explanation and introduced her to his mother another time. He was a very weak and selfish man, and mean too it turned out.
Maybe one of the top three or four most powerfully heart-wrenching film ending sequences ever filmed. Irene Dunn was luminous.
I love how this is very early in Irene Dunne's film career, she's just getting started and she's 35 years old. It wouldn't happen today, or if a leading lady did only get a start at 35, her career would be a very short one, perhaps a decade. Irene was always very youthful. She was only s few years younger than William Powell, but looks decades younger playing his long suffering wife in Life With Father from 1947, with 50 year old Irene and mid fifties Powell. I guess beautiful women though are pretty timeless and ageless really. She was just a classy gorgeous woman.
I also think women gain a confidence in their thirties that we (at least in my case!) lacked in our twenties. Confidence, wisdom and poise goes a long way to soften the blow of lost youth in my opinion.
3122tan I don't know what you are saying, but back in 1930th women actually started their acting career at 16-18! Many started in vodevieles and on Broadway before Studios took a notice! Remember those groups of very young women Studios were grooming for stardom /I forgot what they called/, but they had different group each year for 14+ years on a row! Several measure stars came out of this. If Irene Dune was 35:when she started as you said - she probably was a Sharon Stone of that era!😏
The 'blow of lost youth' (!) -
@ 35 ?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
she was actually 31 in 1932. She was born in 1901, not 1898 like wikipedia says. The inscription on her burial says 1901 as her birth.
yes. lost youth. over rated. I'm 80 next year.
Love this drama , one of my all time favourites! Thank you guys !
Thank you for posting this movie. I am disabled, and am in terrible pain. So, this helped to get away from it for awhile. I had guessed one of them were going to die. Probably the mistress. But they both did. Any way God bless.
+Aman Offaith --God bless you, as well.
I hope you are better now.
I understand the chronic pain and using the videos to disappear in. Hope you are OK & dealing well. If you have any recommended films put them here. I like anything but horror evil.
I truly hope you are better despite the years passed...
The older I get the more rare, and the more the stuff of a fantasy for the vast majority of people 'true love' like that looks to be. The heart is far more fickle in most relationships. The dignity the characters sometimes showed was impressive. The look back at the culture at the time makes such an interesting movie.
Wow. I don't remember another classic that has genuinely made me cry!
Irene Dunn was excellent. She doesn’t overact as many of the early actresses did. This movie kept my interest, which is hard to do these days.
this is beautifully preserved!
The cinematography is so clear and crisp! Thank you for your time in uploading.
It's hard to believe this characters didn't just step onto the screen yesterday. So crisp and clear a film... I can't believe it's been nearly 90 years!
I have to say, I saw some colorized versions of street scenes filmed in various places in the past. Some were filmed in the very early 1900's. Corsets, horse carriages, parasols, spats, hats everywhere... In living color!!! It was very disconcerting because it looked like a dress rehearsal going on today, yet it was 120 years hence... So much different than seeing the actual past in only black and white. It made the time before us so much more real to me.
Irene Dunne is more convincingly sensual than any other actress I’ve ever seen. She has such beautiful, soft skin and natural elegance. Her face is so expressive, her voice so pleasant, her movements so graceful and spontaneous and above all, her personality so attractive, a compelling combination of fun, vivacity, smarts, dignity, courage, pathos and compassion. A total total star. Men must have gone crazy for her. I find this story very true to life, as I’ve both witnessed and experienced many such situations and behaviours over the years. Btw the plot, with its “what if...?” unanswered questions at the end, is like Theodore Storm’s “Immensee”.
Your description of this great artist cant be improved.
YOU LOVE HER SO, SHE IS LOVABLE INDEED.
She’s Southern, from Kentucky, how could she be otherwise? 😉
Thank you for posting and sharing this splendid movie, the print is excellent and it was a great film, with a tragic but moving ending.
love this film thank you so much i'm a great fan of irene dunne first rate acting.
Very nice movie what a beautiful actress irene dunne is and how well she has acted
Wow! What a great story, and emotional! Walter did some absolutely fantastic acting (re: medical condition) towards the end. Very, very impressive portrayal.
He was a medical student in University so he should know how to play it John was great at everything..
The great movie, high level acting, excellent scenario.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to watch it
Very good print, and a legendary film with a legendary actress.
That was good"" the movie made me cry ..thank you'
Good movie. That seems like a true love story, even with the moral implications. The realities were not watered down and the good times were not romanticized or exaggerated.
Excellent Movie!
Thank you mjr for sharing!
This 🎥 is a topic as old as time. Mistress sees the man at his convenience.....always waiting. She was a career woman yet still had marriage proposals while she was younger. She could have lived a married life of her own. This-before I see the end of the film. Tks for uploading.
What caught me was the way they aged the actor and actress without today's miracle editing. They really looked like they had grown older.
Ohhh I just finished watching, how sad!! She died of a broken heart. Very Good Acting, I got so wrapped up in it, as if they really did love one another they spoke so sincerely to one another their voices were softly spoken & calming ( am I nuts! Lol) I started to hate Walter when he didn't call her for 3 weeks a and didn't dream he'd continue to Love her so much! Loved how he explained to his son. Didn't expect him to do what he did *****stars and a thumbs up 👍👍👍al
John Boles did a fabulous job of showing Walter's maturing into an appreciative and deeply loving man.
He was a fine actor, and wonderful singer.
Catch him in another movie with Irene Dunn, The Age of Innocence.
Thank you so much for putting this brilliant film up. It really moved me.
Wonderful, thank you.
What a fantastic movie, thank you for sharing with us.
Wow, simply a classic star-crossed story! Irene Dunne and John Boles were fabulous, they were marvelous together. My heart was truly breaking for them at the end, my eyes were filled with tears. They just don't make such films anymore and that is a shame, I loved the fact that regardless that it was in many ways an "unfulfilled relationship", both characters' hearts were full enough with what they shared. I love these old B/W classics, wonderful script, direction, AND acting.🥰❤👏👏👏
One of the saddest endings I have ever seen. This was a great movie. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for the spoiler.
If you look through the rest of the comments, you will see that other watchers give sad *details* about the ending of this movie. Sorry I gave a spoiler alert, but I am not the only one. You should go through all the comments and tell those people, "Thanks for the spoiler."
now they are
UNITED TIL ETERNITY 💕
@@dawny2985 No need to apologize. I always think when it comes to a movie- watch first and read comments second. I mean, what are the comments going to be about if not the plot of the movie? I just found the film to be infuriating. Yes, the acting was great. But the character of Walter ended up being contemptible. The only noble character ended up being his son, who honored his father’s wishes by volunteering to support Ray. (And why hadn’t his father made provisions for that anyway?!!!). I had seen the Susan Hayward version of this, but this version was far better.
@@GiftSparks Thanks GiftSparks. I am just glad there are folks out there that still love these old movies and people out there willing to put them on RUclips for us to see:)
I wonder if my grand parents saw this film. Almost 9 decades later I can preciate its very talented performers in a very credible and moving drama. Thank you!
Love tthese old flicks Thanks
A terrific film, great acting...love seeing Irene Dunne
Rather sophisticated and well edited for the movies of that era.
Pre-code.
Ray (Irene Dunne) explained her personal feelings about love & marriage, when telling Kurt at the beginning of the movie ... "It would be horrible to marry a man if I loved another. I know myself. it's all the way or zero with me, ... and Heaven help the man I do fall in love with."
Ray agrees to break her marriage plans with Kurt, agrees to quit her successful career, agrees to remain childless -- all to be available whenever Walter's busy career and married life allowed. Yet, in each of the very limited encounters between Walter and Ray, most of what we are shown is Ray's disappointment, heartache and emptiness in her love life, with few outward displays of happiness between them. Her love was so strong, it controlled her, clouded her reasoning and judgement.
Walter, who claims to love her, is too busy to see her, or phone her, and is repeatedly asking her to forgive him for a variety of his actions of neglect and misdeeds. And, Walter is so absent-minded that he completely overlooks providing an income to support her. Ray, humbly, selflessly, and without asking Walter for support, uses her artistry to sell painted vases for a small income. Upon seeing her work products, it is only then Walter realizes he asked her to quit her career, yet provided her with no income. Embarrassed by the oversight, Walter only then begins sending her a meager $200/month ???
Yet, somehow Ray remains hopelessly in love with Walter despite her emotional loneliness, limitations on social life and friendships, and isolation from any public view of their relationship.
At the beginning of the movie, Walter's planned marriage to Corrine appears not to be based on love for Corinne, but is solely to benefit his upward career path by leveraging the connection to Corinne's wealthy uncle's business. The weak-minded Walter beforehand had suggested to Ray that he wanted his mother's by-sight-only-approval of Ray to further the relationship with Ray, implying that he would break his engagement to Corinne.
That by-chance meeting of Walter's mother was unavoidably missed by seconds. Yet the vain Walter, who claims to love Ray, without a follow-up phone call or attempts to meet with Ray, fires off an angry letter to Ray -- dismissing the relationship. (That makes no sense to me. If Walter really loved her, he would have continued to pursue Ray.)
Ultimately, I believe Walter used both women; Corinne to further his career, and Ray to fulfill passions his wife could not. I despise what Walter did to Ray's life. The only true love I could see was in the tender, devoted, ... very selfless, broken heart of Ray ... whose love most men would die for.
Magnificent, Oscar-worthy performance by Irene Dunne.
No one is mentioning adultery in this. I feel this movie is too sympathetic to it, not seeing it for what it is.
How could Walter truly love someone he just met? He was a very selfish man. He had his cake and ate it too. Sadly, at the expense of Rays happiness. She had options......if he loves her he would of let her go on with her life.
And, Kurt, the good guy who could have showed Ray true happiness, gets screwed over in the end. I was talking back to the characters once Kurt came back into the picture, and I wasn't pleased, lol!
Limerance
@@lorrainem8234I'm so glad i'm not the only one l o l... When he said he saw the note and said. Oh I can't believe that you're going to do this... I was screaming at him...leave her alone... But I agree with you
I cried and cried reading this book. I was in love with a married man, something I never dreamed would happen to me. I hated infidelity. But it did happen. I still have the book and I am alone.
Fun factoid: at 21:40, Irene Dunne hums "After the Ball", a popular song of the era, while getting dressed.
Four years later, in the famous film version of Showboat, Irene Dunne (as "Magnolia")sings "After the Ball" in the Chicago New Year's Eve scene.
MY FIRST TIME SEEING THIS " BACK STREET." I CRIED LIKE A BABY.. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE 1961 VERSION WAS THE BEST.. I REALLY LIKE THIS😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Beautifully acted. Not corny in the slightest. But such a love? Does it really exist.? Well, for an hour or so, in our imaginations. Love the fashion, especially the women's attire. This is the only time I wish the film was in colour.
What a movie. Fantastic. I love that era. Love the hairstyles and clothing. Keep them coming. T U so much.
One of my favorite movies. Both Irene Dunne and Susan Hayward did excellent
jobs in both versions. I love these classic movies. The cast was also excellent too.
Another me myself and Irene? Hate that film!
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A beautiful film. I noticed the fashion of the 1930 sleeves are back.
Excellent version of a story I read some time ago. Like a delicate painting showing ony the emotions. Thank you
I have been looking for this movie for a year n today I stumbled upon it what a treat. Thanks RUclips.
Just another example that proves Irene Dunne could do anything! She was so totally brilliant and had more talent that 10 actresses.
Another Jessica Simpson " chicken of the sea-- fish of the see! " a boy and a girl and we are done. BS!
really good print--very clear
Beautifully done. Thank you so much.
Rae is an absolute sweetheart. She is so humble. Sadden's me how she die's from a broken heart. Such a great actress.
True love can never live on without the other.
How was she a sweetheart?? She was sleeping with someone else's husband!! What is wrong with you??
In the book she died from starvation clutching Walter’s shoes. She had no money. The son died shortly after his father and no provision was made for Ray in Walter’s Will. It shows another side of life, one where a woman loves one man so much she sacrificed everything to be with him. She told him, “I live in the back streets of your life.”, hence the name BACK STREET. The author also wrote the novel
IMITATION OF LIFE.
@@xonothra8948 You cannot understand until it happens to you.
Black and white films are my guilty pleasures...I've watched loads on youtube and every once in a while a masterpiece comes along such as this....I believe that if a man loves a woman so deeply then he should have courage to leave his wife...but she allowed him to have his cake and eat it.
They made a point in the story of saying she was the only person who didn't know.
An absolutely wonderful film. Much much better than the sappy sugar coated 1961 version, although that one was the version I saw as a teen in the 70’s. I think I prefer this one because of Irene Dunn’s and John Boles’ performances and the superb styling and lighting of the sets - not to mention the splendid fashions! They don’t make clothes like THAT anymore! Thanks for the upload!
Wonderful and most enjoyable! I always liked Irene Dunne and somehow this one had slipped by me all these years. Thanks!
Watched these oldies all weekend love it
OMG--the scene at 50:30 when Rae begs Walter to give her a child is devastatingly heartbreaking! Only Irene Dunne could manage that level of pathos. Only Barbara Stanwyck was in the same acting league!
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@Oliver Nikolai Instablaster ;)
I am totally with you. Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck stood in a class apart. My two favourite actresses. They were both equally great in comedy and drama. This film is superb. Boles is equally terrific in the role of the selfish Walter
Don't leave out Joan Crawford.😊
@@olivernikolai3045 Oliver .... you're so ignorant...
Way back in 1932 Irene Dunne was already showing herself to be a natural actress … I have always liked her movies. Greetings from down here in Querétaro, México, where I moved to from Dallas, Texas, 16 months ago. La vida es buena. :-)
A wonderful movie, full of pathos and tenderness. I would venture to say that it's perhaps one of filmdom's greatest. 👍👍
What an excellent film to watch as I cook Christmas dinner this year. Thanks for the upload.