What a tragedy. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . Was this review helpful to you? Passed That’s old fashioned!”. If it’s Jody’s love for Lilybet, she never seriously pursues it beyond just having a cute kid. The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director. This film is a rare one– it does pop up on TCM every so often, but I think they really do try their best to keep this stinker in the vault. Constance Bennett plays Broadway diva Judy Carroll who loses custody of a wee orphan after testifying in a notorious embezzlement case. What year? Anyway, this is where the movie begins. | This is the last film released under the joint RKO-Pathe banner, which certainly rings true in regards to what it did to Bennett’s career. MUBI To save the production, RKO brought in Cukor. Playwright Jacob Van Riker Pell is certain the sophisticated Judy will be unable to portray convincingly his heroine, a tough girl from Second Avenue, until she confesses she was raised there herself. Bennett, who is a very sophisticated, capable actress and would later make a number of great screwball comedies, was never funnier anywhere but here; her ‘violently angry’ is most people’s ‘stubbed my toe’. Rockabye (1932) Directed by George Cukor Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Romantic Drama, Showbiz Drama | Release Date - Nov 25, 1932 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 71 min. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Lukas, Jobyna Howland, Walter Pidgeon. Despite Tony's qualms, she is determined to star in a Broadway production. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet.
After George Cukor was brought in to direct, Jobyna Howland replaced Laura Hope Crews in the role of "Snooks Carroll," and Joel McCrea replaced Phillips Holmes, whom RKO had borrowed from Paramount, in the role of "Jake.". Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Jacobs Van Riker Pell: If it’s professional disillusionment, that’s wallpapered over as soon as possible. Original title: Rockabye. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Rockabye may be one of the least professional looking films of Old Hollywood, an emotion-free, unequivocal disaster. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. After George Cukor was brought in to direct, Jobyna Howland replaced Laura Hope Crews in the role of “Snooks Carroll,” and Joel McCrea replaced Phillips Holmes, whom RKO had borrowed from Paramount, in the role of “Jake.” Modern sources add the following information about the production: RKO rushed the script into production with Fitzmaurice at the helm in order to meet the exhibitors’ deadline for a new “Bennett” film. (Also please keep in mind that her alcoholic mother was Lilybet’s primary babysitter, which is probably more important than the movie lets on.)
AllMovie Rating This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Rockabye is a 1932 film about an actress with a certain reputation. RKO bought Pathe a few years earlier to capitalize on its stable of stars, including Constance Bennett. I have to admit not being familiar with this one (perhaps, it seems, for the best). Determined to use it as a dramatic debut and a cathartic reset, Judy tracks down the playwright, Jake Van Riker Pell (Joel McCrea), to obtain the rights. The ending is perhaps not satisfactory, but considering the time when it was filmed it is perhaps plausible.
With a cast like this you'd expect a lot better.
Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? Jody (Bennett) is a stage singing star who came from a rough neighborhood. Bennett just looks embarrassed… or maybe I’m projecting. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady. The film contains a splendid performance and is quite absorbing and well acted, but in spite of Ms. Bennett’s charms and talent, towards the end it turns quite melodramatic. "[2], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rockabye_(1932_film)&oldid=976806539, Films made before the MPAA Production Code, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Charles Dow Clark as Mr. Farley (uncredited), Virginia Howell as Mrs. Bronson (uncredited), This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 04:15. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. View production, box office, & company info. Les Adams
Rockabye (1932) * 1/2 (out of 4) Growing up trashy but turned into a lady, an actress (Constance Bennett) wants to adopt a child but isn't allowed after her past is brought up in a court trial. Devastated by the loss, she’s sent abroad with her inebriated mother, Snooks (Jobyna Howland), by her adoring manager, Tony (Paul Lukas). The screenplay by Jane Murfin is based on a play by Lucia Bronder. Lucia Bronder (from the play by). Anxious to accommodate exhibitors who were awaiting a new Constance Bennett film, the studio rushed the script into production with Phillips Holmes as the male lead. When Jake finally arrives and assures her he still wants to marry her, Judy insists he return to his wife and newborn child. Unable to add item to List. She does no one any good, giving an angry outburst when it’s implied that Lilybet is Hal’s daughter. Comedy, Certificate: Passed 3 Replies to “Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea” Steve says: January 26, 2017 at 8:05 am I have to admit not being familiar with this one (perhaps, it seems, for the best). In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. I own it on DVD and I enjoyed it immensely. Then repeat. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? However, the movie is desperately non-committal to the point of maddening, in turns making Jody look hysterical or like a sociopath since her reaction to Lilybet’s welfare is never consistent. Please try again. McCrea is fucking lost here, as Bennett’s performance, no doubt hampered by the sloppy Frankensteinian editing, is all over the map. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
All of my images are taken by me– please feel free to reuse with credit! All he can do is smile past her as the movie bounces about. Three cheers for the mother instinct, and a zissboom-bah for “Rockabye.”. Rockabye is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor. Her ... See full summary », Actress Judy Carroll, from the gas-house district has been trained, educated and developed so well by her manager, that not even the publicity-seeking world of the theater has guessed her antecedents. The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman. Jake fails to appear at the opening night party for Rockabye, and his mother tells Judy her daughter-in-law has just had a baby and asks her to forget her son.
Bennett is good in her role but she doesn't have a lot to work with and Joel McCrea is wasted as is Walter Pidgeon. Rockabye is a film directed by George Cukor with Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Lukas, Jobyna Howland .... Year: 1932.
Jake dismisses Judy as a debutante, unfit for the lead, until she reveals her tough-girl roots and wins him over. Our Betters (1933) by Constance Bennett DVD $17.99. But, let me also make it clear up front, this movie is a mitigated disaster. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
McCrea wants to start an affair with Bennett even though he’s married.
Jody and Jake go out on the old town so she can show off her street cred, which is a long, limp sequence. While there she reads a play entitled Rockabye, which eerily resembles recent events in her life. Devastated, she is comforted by Tony, who finally reveals his feelings for her. Title: . This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed.
| Although the British upper class may be thought our betters in society, but they are certainly not our betters, and perhaps our equals, in morality. Looking for something to watch? Use the HTML below. The film is incredibly slow moving and the 67-minute running time feels longer than three hours. The new picture at the Mayfair endeavors to show that the maternal instinct is among the …
Constance Bennett publicity copy.jpg 786 × 1,063; 325 KB. Marya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I. Una actriz de éxito pierde la custodia de un huérfano que había adoptado cuando se ve envuelta en un escándalo y ha de declarar por malversación de fondos. . For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide.
Rockabye, in contrast, is a disaster. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Certificate: Passed
But she has not loved well or wisely as she learns when she tries to adopt a baby. When stage actress Judy Carroll testifies on behalf of her former lover, accused embezzler Al Howard, she loses custody of Elizabeth, an orphan she had planned to adopt. The mother instinct must be preserved at any cost.
The problems with Rockabye begin at the script level and balloon from there; it’s hard to see where there was ever a good point to begin here. Click to enlarge. The studio broke speed records for shooting and editing, but when the film was shown to executives, it was declared unreleasable. Although I always enjoy your blog, as well as good use of the phrase “mitigated disaster.” Cheers. Despite a troubled production that witnessed the exits of both leading man (Phillips Holmes) and director (George Fitzmaurice), this tearjerker was a winner at the box office in November of 1932. When the completed film was shown to executives, they declared it unreleasable and called in George Cukor to salvage it.
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Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Actually, Lukas’ Sola is also infatuated with Jody and similarly wears his wounded male ego around his neck. Romance. Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Melody Cruise (1933) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Phil Harris, Pre-Code Movies on TCM in February 2017 and Other Site News, The Old Dark House (1932) Review, with Boris Karloff, False Faces (1932) Review, with Lowell Sherman, Westward Passage (1932) Review, with Ann Harding and Laurence Olivier, Madame Du Barry (1934) Review, with Dolores Del Rio, The Key (1934) Review, with William Powell and Colin Clive, Secrets (1933) Review, with Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard, Pre-Code Movies on Turner Classic Movies in August 2020, “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? Judy Carroll: Bennett’s reaction is cringeworthy, crying and yelling good things at the sobbing child, trying to get her to play piggyback and waving her goodbye while not even leaving the apartment. 68 min It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again.