Romance · Drama
American
1931 · Directed by Frank Borzage · 90 min
In working-class New York, a shop clerk and a dressmaking assistant meet, bicker and decide that romance is for other people. A plain-spoken study of two guarded people trying to build an ordinary life together.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key work of early-1930s Hollywood melodrama and of Borzage's career, it shows pre-Code studio cinema turning toward realistic, working-class domestic stories.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a romance about pride and fear, where what the characters cannot say matters more than what they do say.
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