John Cromwell (1887–1979)
Author of Of Human Bondage [1934 film]
About the Author
Image credit: John Cromwell 1887-1979
Works by John Cromwell
20 Movies: Family Pack — Director — 14 copies
The Borrowers Includes 7 Bonus Movies (The Borrowers / Little Lord Fauntleroy / Where the Red Fern Grows / Dazzle /… (2016) — Director — 9 copies
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 1 (Anna and the King of Siam, Can-Can, Daddy Long Legs, Star) (2010) — Director — 8 copies
Great Cinema Classics - The Lady Vanishes / I Cover the Waterfront / Algiers/ The Scarlet Letter / Missouri Traveler /… (2011) — Director — 6 copies
Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart — Director — 4 copies
Literary Classics Collection — Director — 3 copies
Tyrone Power Collection — Director — 3 copies
Father's Little Dividend / Of Human Bondage / Tulsa [Videorecording] — Director; Director — 3 copies
In der Falle der Sioux 2 copies
The Silver Cord 2 copies
I Dream Too Much [1935 film] — Director — 2 copies
Little Lord Fauntleroy/ Love Laughs at Andy Hardy/ The Big Wheel — Director — 2 copies
The Enchanted Cottage 1 copy
Little Princess/Little Lord Fauntleroy [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
Hollywood Greats [2012 videorecording] — Director — 1 copy
Double Harness 1 copy
Nothing Sacred / Made for Each Other — Director — 1 copy
Nothing Sacred / Young and Willing / Made for Each Other — Director — 1 copy
Made for Each Other Suddenly My Man Godfrey — Director — 1 copy
The Prisoner of Zenda 1 copy
Associated Works
Silver Screen Series V.5 — Director — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Cromwell, John
- Legal name
- Cromwell, Elwood Dager
- Birthdate
- 1887-12-23
- Date of death
- 1979-09-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Occupations
- film director
actor - Relationships
- Cromwell, James (son)
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Statistics
- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 501
- Popularity
- #49,399
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 44
- Languages
- 1
Jimmy Stewart is young attorney John Mason, who returns from a recent trip a married man, after a whirlwind romance with Jane. He can’t wait to put his wife’s picture on his desk and the two can barely contain their bliss. Carole Lombard glows in her role as Jane, capturing that feeling of newfound love in her performance. Charles Coburn is the head of the law firm James works for and whose daughter he was expected to marry. This causes regret on the part of his mother, portrayed by Lucille Watson. Forced to live with the struggling young couple, her loneliness and frustration vents itself in unfair criticism of Jane.
Jane’s mother-in-law is not the only thing weighing the young couple down, however. Their planned honeymoon aboard the Normandy sails into the sunset when the ship leaves without them after he is called back to work at the worst possible moment. Soon John is passed over for junior partner and forced to accept a cut in pay, resulting in more financial difficulties for the couple, who now have a baby on the way.
Cromwell lets this play out naturally, with humor and tenderness, making for a realistic and sentimental slice of life, but avoiding the maudlin. It is the small moments such as a wedding ring discussion and cut in pay which give this film a poignancy anyone who was once young and married can relate to. When their baby becomes ill, what happens might seem contrived were it not handled so well by director Cromwell. If fact, this was not a contrivance at all, but an actual event in the life of producer David O. Selznick, mirroring something which happened to his brother.
A sweet and rewarding ending proves all the viewer has hoped for in this terrific film full of warmth and sentiment. Those who enjoy a sentimental tear-jerker once in a while will find a new favorite in this one.… (more)