One of the very few occasions when two of Hollywood's greatest directors were given joint directorial credit on a film. "Come and Get It" was co-directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler though to look at it you might never have guessed. It's entertaining enough but it's also fairly undistinguished despite its cast. Walter Brennan, (just about resisting hamming it up), won the first Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance while Edward Arnold gets star-billing for a change, (he's his usual superb self), though it's the great Frances Farmer who just about steals the movie in a dual role, (mother and daughter).
It's based on an Edna Ferber novel but with the exception of the 1936 "Showboat", Ferber never did transfer well to the screen, (at least this one isn't dragged out). Gregg Toland and Rudolph Mate were joint cinematographers but again there is nothing here to make you think that. Of course, it is now of historical interest in being one of the few films to feature Farmer in a major role in what was a tragically short career, (she only made 16 films). It isn't much seen today.
It's based on an Edna Ferber novel but with the exception of the 1936 "Showboat", Ferber never did transfer well to the screen, (at least this one isn't dragged out). Gregg Toland and Rudolph Mate were joint cinematographers but again there is nothing here to make you think that. Of course, it is now of historical interest in being one of the few films to feature Farmer in a major role in what was a tragically short career, (she only made 16 films). It isn't much seen today.