I personally was not won over by Selznick's discovery Tommy Kelly (the son of an unemployed Bronx fireman - how can you be an unemployed fireman?) nor by the other unwinsome juveniles, though no problem with May Robson, Walter Brennan, Donald Meek etc. Cora Sue Collins, who plays Tom's 'other woman' (quite well, actually), and Ann Gillis (Becky) are the only surviving cast members, both aged 90.
What the hell was the doctor doing there at the grave in the middle of the night anyhow?
Still, the ending in William Cameron Menzies' super-sized cave is exciting.
Ben Hecht was involved in structure and dialogue. James Wong Howe shoots with a soft painterly directed north light and there's the usual assembly of Jack Cosgrove's painted skies.
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