Anyone in the mood for something fresh and different? How about Edward G. Robinson in a period piece? Check him out in the melodrama I Loved a Woman, about an unhappily married businessman in the 1800s. Genevieve Tobin is his wife, and while they used to be close when her father was alive, when he died and transferred his meat packing company to his son-in-law, they grew apart. Eddie G is ethical and fine, but he still feels something is missing in life.
When he meets aspiring opera singer Kay Francis, he finds the missing element. He falls head over heels for her beauty and confidence, and Kay plays him like a fiddle. There's nothing to break your heart like watching Eddie G get swindled and hurt, is there? The sad part about this movie is that he doesn't take Kay's gold-digging schemes lying down. He gets really angry, and his whole character changes from a sweet fool to a tyrant. But at least he gets some love scenes out of it, which he doesn't usually get to film in his movies.
When he meets aspiring opera singer Kay Francis, he finds the missing element. He falls head over heels for her beauty and confidence, and Kay plays him like a fiddle. There's nothing to break your heart like watching Eddie G get swindled and hurt, is there? The sad part about this movie is that he doesn't take Kay's gold-digging schemes lying down. He gets really angry, and his whole character changes from a sweet fool to a tyrant. But at least he gets some love scenes out of it, which he doesn't usually get to film in his movies.