{"id":43347,"date":"2019-04-17T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43347"},"modified":"2022-02-21T23:07:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:07:26","slug":"red-dust-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43347","title":{"rendered":"Red Dust (1932)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t mind me, boys &#8212; I&#8217;m just restless.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA prostitute (Jean Harlow) on the lam falls for the owner (Clark Gable) of a rubber plantation in Indochina, but Gable is primarily interested in the wife (Mary Astor) of a visiting engineer (Gene Raymond).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clark Gable Films<\/li>\n<li>Donald Crisp Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Jean Harlow Films<\/li>\n<li>Jungles<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Mary Astor Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<li>Victor Fleming Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;hot-blooded jungle romance&#8221; by director Victor Fleming (remade as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78957\"><em>Mogambo<\/em><\/a> by John Ford in 1953) &#8220;still has the sexual charge that caused it to break box-office records in the early thirties&#8221;. He points out that &#8220;unshaven Gable and braless blonde Harlow have immense sexual chemistry at all times &#8212; whether he&#8217;s standing next to her while she takes her famous nude bath in a barrel or she sits by him as he lies on a bed, reading to him a children&#8217;s bedtime story while he&#8217;s putting his hand on her knee.&#8221; The storyline is simple but powerful, showing Gable&#8217;s sway over &#8220;well-bred Astor&#8221; (who hates herself for cheating on her noble husband), as well as Harlow&#8217;s immense patience and world-weariness. She&#8217;s been through enough that a disappointment like Gable choosing Astor over her stings a bit, but she&#8217;ll survive intact, and never loses her self-possession or sense of innate dignity. It&#8217;s easy to imagine Joan Crawford in a role like this; indeed, <em>Red Dust<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30949\"><em>Rain<\/em> (1932)<\/a> &#8212; another film about a fugitive prostitute on a rainy island &#8212; would make a potent double-bill. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean Harlow as Vantine<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Harlow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Harlow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Harlow.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Harlow-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Harlow-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harold Rossen and Arthur Edeson&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Kiss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Kiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Kiss.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Kiss-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Kiss-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Red-Dust-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A smart and sassy screenplay:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If it was the summer of 1894, I&#8217;d play games with you, sister. But life is much simpler now.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a pre-Code classic. Selected in 2006 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being &#8220;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023382\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/redd.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/390\/red-dust#articles-reviews?articleId=1141\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1932\/11\/05\/archives\/in-gloomy-indochina.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t mind me, boys &#8212; I&#8217;m just restless.&#8221; Synopsis: A prostitute (Jean Harlow) on the lam falls for the owner (Clark Gable) of a rubber plantation in Indochina, but Gable is primarily interested in the wife (Mary Astor) of a visiting engineer (Gene Raymond). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Clark Gable Films Donald Crisp Films Fugitives Jean Harlow Films Jungles Love Triangle Mary Astor Films Prostitutes and Gigolos Victor Fleming Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;hot-blooded&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43347\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43347","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=43347"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81593,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43347\/revisions\/81593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}