Come and Get It
YOUTH SACRIFICED! ON THE ALTAR OF POWER!
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
- Year: 1936
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Howard Productions, United Artists
- Keyword: saloon, wisconsin, ambition, old man, look-alike, infatuation, lumberjack, saloon singer, timber, loveless marriage, business tycoon, rich man, lumber camp, father son conflict, lumber, friends love same woman, friends reunion, widower with daughter, lumber mill, marry for money, married to boss' daughter
- Director: William Wyler, Howard Hawks
- Cast: Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, Mady Christians, Mary Nash
"Barney Glasgow" (Edward Arnold) is a backwater logger in Wisconsin who hits on an idea that could make him a fortune - he proposes this to his boss who accepts; but whose daughter goes with the package! He leaves his first love - saloon singer "Lotta" and his career goes from strength to strength. Twenty years later, he discovers that his love had a daughter (Frances Farmer) and he quickly becomes infatuated with her; much to the chagrin of his own son "Richard" (Joel McCrea) who is, himself, keen on the girl and of his more generously concerned daughter "Evvie" (Andrea Leeds). This is a rather straightforward story, but the characters are both strong and engaging; (Oscar winning) Walter Brennan as his long-time friend "Swanny" is also a crucial ingredient as the story deals with this mid-life crisis in a delicate, at times funny, but always sincere fashion. Howard Hawks and William Wyler share the directing credits on this - I've no idea why - but their two minds have managed to create something just a bit different here; and if you get the chance to catch up with it, you ought to.