{"id":39817,"date":"2017-12-18T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T22:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39817"},"modified":"2021-10-12T12:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:59:40","slug":"boom-town-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39817","title":{"rendered":"Boom Town (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re my girl, see? And you always will be &#8212; even if I have to lick you to prove it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-56021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Poster-1.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo aspiring oil barons &#8212; &#8220;Big&#8221; John McMasters (Clark Gable) and &#8220;Square&#8221; John Sand (Spencer Tracy) &#8212; become business partners, but find their relationship strained when Gable marries Tracy&#8217;s would-be love interest (Claudette Colbert). Gable&#8217;s ongoing affair with a beautiful charmer (Hedy Lamarr) in New York causes loyal Tracy to do what he can to save Colbert from heartbreak &#8212; including wooing Lamarr himself.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clark Gable Films<\/li>\n<li>Claudette Colbert Films<\/li>\n<li>Frank Morgan Films<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Hedy Lamarr Films<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Atwill Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Oil Drilling<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Tracy Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe perils of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wildcatter\">&#8220;wildcatting&#8221;<\/a> (drilling for oil in unknown fields) nearly take second place to the pitfalls of loving another man&#8217;s wife in this sprawling tale of frenemies battling for both the heart of the same woman, and bragging rights as oil barons. It&#8217;s a true challenge to keep track of who&#8217;s up or down oil-wise at any given time, given how often their fortunes shift &#8212; but what&#8217;s <em>not<\/em> confusing is the endurance of Tracy&#8217;s thankless love for Colbert, whose similarly thankless love for Gable is met with repeated infidelities. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1439\" height=\"1043\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle.png 1439w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle-1024x742.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Triangle-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lamarr is beautiful eye candy as the primary rival for Gable&#8217;s affections:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1397\" height=\"1017\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr.png 1397w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Lamarr-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1397px) 100vw, 1397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Frank Morgan plays a spluttering equipment financier whose loyalties waver as often as his clients&#8217; fortunes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1421\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan.png 1421w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Morgan-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1421px) 100vw, 1421px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most engaging scenes in this flick are those of oil fires raging away &#8212; yikes!   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If this subject interests you at all, be sure to check out the 1992 Pulitzer Prize winning book <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Prize:_The_Epic_Quest_for_Oil,_Money,_and_Power\"><em>The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power<\/em><\/a>, which was turned into an 8-hour miniseries documentary that is well worth watching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good historical recreation of early oil towns<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Historical.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Historical.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Historical.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Historical-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Town-Historical-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The terrifying oil fire scene<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boom-Time-Oil-Fire-1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one isn&#8217;t must-see except for diehard fans of the stars. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032273\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2034gabl.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/57\/boom-town#articles-reviews?articleId=79815\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1940\/09\/06\/archives\/the-screen-boom-town-and-lucky-partners-starstudded-films-at-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re my girl, see? And you always will be &#8212; even if I have to lick you to prove it.&#8221; Synopsis: Two aspiring oil barons &#8212; &#8220;Big&#8221; John McMasters (Clark Gable) and &#8220;Square&#8221; John Sand (Spencer Tracy) &#8212; become business partners, but find their relationship strained when Gable marries Tracy&#8217;s would-be love interest (Claudette Colbert). Gable&#8217;s ongoing affair with a beautiful charmer (Hedy Lamarr) in New York causes loyal Tracy to do what he can to save Colbert from heartbreak&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39817\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39817"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77132,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39817\/revisions\/77132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}