Those were alternate tag lines that MGM offered to Greer Garson when she complained about "Gable's back and Garson's got him".
This really is a wonderful movie, but perhaps a bit hard to understand after only one viewing. It certainly wasn't what the public was expecting in 1945/6. After seeing it several times I find it just gets better and better.
Gable chews up scenery, knocks down doors, punches a few guys, and kisses some beautiful women, all because he is fed up with life and with the sorry state of mankind. When he meets Greer, he backs her up against a library shelf to intimidate her but she doesn't budge. He can't understand why this "tomato" doesn't fall for his rough charm the way most women do. It takes him the whole movie to realize that Greer is exactly what he's been looking for all along.
Greer is first repulsed by Gable, then fascinated, then jealous of Joan Blondell, eventually infatuated with him, and finally resigned to losing him to the sea and to his quest for the elusive quality that he calls "it". His pal Thomas Mitchell realizes that she is just what Gable needs.
Garson and Gable are great together. If you're a fan of either, then you'll need to see this movie.
And you'll learn neat stuff like how to mesmerize a chicken and how inexpensive groceries were in 1945.
You'll even get to see Greer imitating a rooster. It's almost as good as her sea lion imitation in "Julia Misbehaves".
This really is a wonderful movie, but perhaps a bit hard to understand after only one viewing. It certainly wasn't what the public was expecting in 1945/6. After seeing it several times I find it just gets better and better.
Gable chews up scenery, knocks down doors, punches a few guys, and kisses some beautiful women, all because he is fed up with life and with the sorry state of mankind. When he meets Greer, he backs her up against a library shelf to intimidate her but she doesn't budge. He can't understand why this "tomato" doesn't fall for his rough charm the way most women do. It takes him the whole movie to realize that Greer is exactly what he's been looking for all along.
Greer is first repulsed by Gable, then fascinated, then jealous of Joan Blondell, eventually infatuated with him, and finally resigned to losing him to the sea and to his quest for the elusive quality that he calls "it". His pal Thomas Mitchell realizes that she is just what Gable needs.
Garson and Gable are great together. If you're a fan of either, then you'll need to see this movie.
And you'll learn neat stuff like how to mesmerize a chicken and how inexpensive groceries were in 1945.
You'll even get to see Greer imitating a rooster. It's almost as good as her sea lion imitation in "Julia Misbehaves".