I Live My Life [VHS]

I Live My Life [VHS]
by W.S. Van Dyke

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Actor: Aline MacMahon, Brian Aherne, Eric Blore, Frank Morgan, Joan Crawford
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cinematographer: George J. Folsey
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels
Producer: Bernard H. Hyman
Writer: A. Carter Goodloe
Writer: Ethel B. Borden
Writer: Gottfried Reinhardt
Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 97 minutes
Release Date: 1996-08-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Studio: MGM (Warner)

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Movie Review: This is life, the one you get so go and have a ball
Summary: 5 Stars

"I Live My Life" is one of Joan's very best love stories from the 1930's. Joan plays Kay Bently, a socialite who tries to make a relationship with an archaeologist. I really like this movie because although it is similar to those typical love-story/love-triangles that MGM/Joan did, it also seems unique and very original. The performances by all are second to none. This movie came out 4 months after Joan's other picture from 1935, the hard-to-find, "No More Ladies." You really must see this movie if you have any interest in Joan Crawford or classic pictures.

Movie Review: 1930s Meet Cute
Summary: 3 Stars

Joan Crawford plays Kay Bentley, a spoiled rich girl who meets archaeologist Terry O'Neill, played by Brian Aherne when she falls into his dig site, while catching a breather off her family's yacht in Greece. Terry has a problem with bored society girls like Kay, so she presents herself to him as a secretary working for the wealthy family on board the yacht. As quick as can be expected in a 97 minute film, Kay goes back to her life, with Terry following her to New York and accepting a position in her family's company as a Vice President and finding out right before the wedding that executive life is not for him. His fight with Kay prompts her to go about destroying her bedroom and (gasp!) her pristine white wedding gown. They make an "only in the movies" agreement that, to save face, Terry will show up at the church the next day, only to be stood up by Kay. However, Kay has a change of heart overnight and shows up anyhow, in a quickly mended dress (it's amazing what fresh flowers can do)and while the couple bicker in front of the priest and assembly, they do end up married. Although you have to wonder how long this union will last.
Crawford is lovely, her outfits are wonderful eye candy and she appears to be having a joyous time on this picture. Brian Aherne is so good as Terry, in addition to being a nice looking guy, that it makes you question why he never became a star.
Jessie Ralph in the role as Kay's crotchety old grandma, who would make Hitler run in fear, is great entertainment.
All in all, a nice, frothy, bubbly glass of 1930s champagne.

Movie Review: ENJOYABLE VINTAGE CRAWFORD.
Summary: 4 Stars

Joan plays Kay, a devil-may-care New York debutante who is mired in ennui. She travels to Greece and meets Aherne, a bright archaeologist with naught but disdain for the society crowd. Aherne, however is taken with Kay's flirtatious ways and follows her back to the States where he finds himself totally out of place with the hedonistic circle of friends Crawford introduces him to. However, Kay's grandmother (Jessie Ralph) takes a shine to Aherne, thinking he may be just the ticket to take Crawford out of her dissolute life... The fairly witty script was written by Joseph Mankiewicz and Van Dyke's brisk direction gives the film a snappy pace. Stylish, chic, and often witty, I LIVE MY LIFE is typical of the Crawford pictures of the era as they parade her in several sophisticated outfits, give her some sharp lines to say and let her nibble - not chew - the scenery.

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I Live My Life [VHS]

I Live My Life [VHS]by W.S. Van Dyke