I Live My Life (1935)

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Feeling stifled by her wealthy existence, flighty heiress Kay (Joan Crawford) falls in love with poor archaeologist Terry (Brian Aherne). The couple seems happiest when they're yelling at one another, indicating perhaps that screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was none too fond of either character.… More Feeling stifled by her wealthy existence, flighty heiress Kay (Joan Crawford) falls in love with poor archaeologist Terry (Brian Aherne). The couple seems happiest when they're yelling at one another, indicating perhaps that screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was none too fond of either character. Anyway, Terry decides that a marriage to Kay would be a big mistake, so he talks her into jilting him at the altar, thereby making a public declaration that their romance is through. But Kay "double-crosses" Terry by showing up at the wedding anyway, allowing the couple to live scrappily ever after. It's hard to tell if this is supposed to be a rip-off of It Happened One Night, but it sure plays that way in the first few reels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By: W.S. Van Dyke
Written By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Gottfried Reinhardt, Ethel Borden
Genres: Drama, Romance

On DVD: Jun 24, 1992

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
the usual class warfare Joan Crawford film of that era.

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Cast

            Joan Crawford as Kay

            Brian Aherne as Terry

            Frank Morgan as Bentley

            Aline MacMahon as Betty

            Eric Blore as Grove

            Jessie Ralph as Grandma

            Fred Keating as Gene

            Arthur Treacher as Gallup

            Hedda Hopper as Alvin's Mother

            Frank Conroy as Doctor

            Etienne Girardot as Professor

            Edward S. Brophy as Picture Hanger

            Sterling Holloway as Mac

            Hilda Vaughn as Miss Morrison

            Vince Barnett as Clerk

            Lionel Stander as Yaffitz

            Hale Hamilton as Uncle Carl

            Agnes Anderson as Sheila

            George Baxter as Bishop

            Harry C. Bradley as Curator

            Ronnie Cosbey as Alvin

            Esther Dale as Brumbaugh

            Jan Duggan as Aunt Mathilde

            Howard Hickman as Teacher

            Harry Tyler as Photographer

            Nella Walker as Ruth's Mother

            Freeman Wood as Waterbury Jr.

            Barbara Worth as Miss Waterbury

            Armand "Curly" Wright as Greek Merchant

            Tom Dugan as Guard
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