Word: misses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...High, Wide, and Handsome" brings Irene Dunne, Dorothy Lamour, and Randolph Scott together in a pleasant hodgepodge of conflict between true love, a railroad company, oil drillers, and carnival workers. Of course love concerns all and though for a time Miss Dunne ands keen competition from a pipe line for first place in Mr. Scott's affections the story gives her both wealth and the object of her desire before the final scores...
...seem Miss Dunn, a carnival singer, spends two weeks with Scott when her circus wagon burns and marries him. At the moment of this marriage, an oil well suddenly sponts with gusto on Scott tries to run a pipe line to the refinery nearby but encounters labor difficulties since the time given by the refinery for the construction of the line is too short to suit the workmen. When most of his men have walked out hard guys employed by a railroad trying to gain control of the well start to tear up that portion of the line already laid...
...Miss Lamour plays the part of a shanty boat singer and her rendition of "Allegheny Al" with Miss Dunne is excellent, Miss Dunne sings "Can I Forget You" several times pleasantly enough...
There is, however, the matter of getting straight what books are necessary. Every Freshman knows this, and yesterday a Yardling was bound he would not miss a single book for History...
Responsibility for the feeling of dissatisfaction which affects the audience may probably be divided between Miss Stanwyck, who lacks most of the majestical tendencies associated with the more material moments of the story and the directors, who have given us too much of the ignorant and selfish woman, for the good of their loving mother theme. John Boles plays a particularly bovine husband. Anne Shirley, as the daughter, does convincingly but to what avail? Alan Hale gives distinction to the part of Miss Stanwyck's genial boy friend...