Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Produced by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Leon Gordon Zelda Sears Edith Fitzgerald Wanda Tuchock David Graham Phillips (novel) |
| Starring | Greta Garbo Clark Gable Jean Hersholt Alan Hale |
| Music by | William Axt Leo F. Forbstein |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Editing by | Margaret Booth |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | September 10, 1931 |
| Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) is a 1931 film starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable in their only movie together. The movie was made by MGM and was directed and produced by Robert Z. Leonard from a screenplay by Leon Gordon, Zelda Sears and Edith Fitzgerald adapted by Wanda Tuchock from the novel by David Graham Phillips. The music was by William Axt, the cinematography by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.
The film's supporting cast includes Jean Hersholt and Alan Hale. The movie grossed $1,506,000.
[edit] Plot
Helga Ohlin is an illegitimate child raised in an abusive home. Her family arranges for her to marry a lout, Jeb Mondstrum, but she runs away and meets Rodney Spencer, an architect who is renting a cabin down the road from her family's farm. When Rodney leaves the cabin, her father and Jeb find her. She runs away again and joins a circus as a dancer; she now calls herself Susan Lenox. She meets Rodney, but they have a misunderstanding and he leaves. She runs away to New York and becomes the mistress of Mike Kelly, a politician; she meets Rodney again, but they have another misunderstanding and split. Susan then searches and finds him in South America, and finally they end up together.
[edit] Cast (in credits order)
- Greta Garbo as Susan Lenox
- Clark Gable as Rodney Spencer
- Jean Hersholt as Karl Ohlin
- John Miljan as Burlingham
- Alan Hale as Jeb Mondstrum
- Hale Hamilton as Mike Kelly
- Hilda Vaughn as Mrs Astrid Ohlin
- Russell Simpson as Doctor
- Cecil Cunningham as Madame Panoramia / Pansy
- Ian Keith as Robert Lane
