Possessed

1931
Passed
1h 16m

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Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)

An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.

Director
- Clarence Brown
Writers
- Edgar Selwyn
- Lenore J. Coffee
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6.9/10

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Director
- Clarence Brown
Writers
- Edgar Selwyn
- Lenore J. Coffee
Stars

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Joan Crawford

Marian Martin

Clark Gable

Mark Whitney

Wallace Ford

Al Manning

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Wally Stuart
(as Skeets Gallagher)

Frank Conroy

Horace Travers

Marjorie White

Vernice LaVerne

John Miljan

John Driscoll

Clara Blandick

Mother Martin

Norman Ainsley

Ambrose - Wally's Butler
(uncredited)

Jack Baxley

'League of Nations' Heckler
(uncredited)

Wade Boteler

'Answer That One' Heckler
(uncredited)

Clarence Brown

Man on Merry-Go-Round
(uncredited)

André Cheron

Monsieur Lavell - Party Guest
(uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Signor Martini - Party Guest
(uncredited)

Phyllis Crane

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Jean Del Val

Waiter
(uncredited)

Florence Enright

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Director
- Clarence Brown
Writers
- Edgar Selwyn
- Lenore J. Coffee
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Trivia
The first of two films with this title Joan Crawford appeared in. The second was Possessed (1947), for which she received an Oscar® nomination. This makes Crawford the only star to appear in two completely different films with identical titles.

Quotes
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: You don't own me. Nobody does. My life belongs to me.
Al Manning: You'll make one fine mess of it.
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: It'll still belong to me.
Marian's mother: Don't, Marian, you frighten me when you talk like that.
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: If I were a man it wouldn't frighten you! You'd think it was right for me to go out and get anything I could out of life, and use anything I had to get it. Why should men be so different? All they've got are their brains and they're not afraid to use them. Well neither am I!

Connections
Featured in MGM Greatest Moments: A Video Sampler (1987)

Soundtracks
How Long Will It Last?
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Meyer
Lyrics by Max Lief
Sung by Joan Crawford in French, German and English
Played as part of the score throughout

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8/10

Fast-paced and racy

Poor factory girl (Joan Crawford) goes to New York to find fame and fortune. She quickly becomes a "kept" woman for a rich lawyer (Clark Gable--without his moustache). But she can't keep her past away forever and things start to go terribly wrong.

Strong (for 1931), short (71 minutes) pre-Code drama. The script is sharp and believable, the direction good and there are some incredibly lavish settings. Also Crawford and Gable are just great in their roles and both of them look incredibly beautiful. There was a brief part at the end that I didn't buy, but that didn't destroy the picture at all. Well worth seeing for anybody, but a definite must for Crawford and Gable fans.