Robert Taylor was the lead in A Yank at Oxford, served in the war three years, then did this and High Wall, latterly was in Ivanhoe and some such.
He marries Katharine Hepburn, great as always, but there's a black sheep brother lurking in the background, Robert Mitchum (who must have been loaned out from RKO), and a black horse, come to that. Good cast includes Edmund Gwenn, Marjorie Main, Jayne Meadows, Clinton Sundberg (Hotel), Dan Tobin (Hepburn's initial love interest), Leigh Whipper, Kathryn Card.
Story Thelma Strabel, screenplay Edward Chodorov. Populated by characters with names like 'Dink' and 'Bangs'. Minnelli's direction fine (Under the Clock was the year before), shot by Karl Freund on the usual plush MGM sets. Music by Herbert Stothart, with great use of melody from Brahms' Third Symphony (third movement).
My only complaint is I would have liked to actually see Taylor being mashed up by the terrifying horse. The ending (as they say) is a doozy.
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