Illegitimate Helga Ohlin (Greta Garbo) barely survives her birth and grew up under her harsh uncle Karl Ohlin. Her uncle orders her to marry useless creep Jeb Mondstrum. A drunken Jeb tries to rape her and she runs away into the storm. She finds shelter with neighbor Rodney Spencer (Clark Gable). When her uncle and Jeb track her down, she once again escapes. She joins the circus as Susan Lenox.
Clark Gable doesn't have his moustache, but he is still very much the charming ladies man. We have two legendary cinema stars in one room. That is enough to intrigue me. Rodney is doing a lot of double standard thinking. I guess that's the times. I like both characters' transformations. The story does go through a lot of plot. I wouldn't mind stopping at one place where the two characters can spend some time together like the cabin early on.
Clark Gable doesn't have his moustache, but he is still very much the charming ladies man. We have two legendary cinema stars in one room. That is enough to intrigue me. Rodney is doing a lot of double standard thinking. I guess that's the times. I like both characters' transformations. The story does go through a lot of plot. I wouldn't mind stopping at one place where the two characters can spend some time together like the cabin early on.