I caught this John Cromwell film on a local, commercial broadcast station. I was particularly delighted to find a film from the "dark ages" of the 30s that had so many good film qualities to recommend it, including Leslie Howard and a very young Bette Davis in a brilliant (and demanding) performance (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar).

It's a great story of how bone-head STUPID love can be.

I was suprirsed also to see that it has two remakes, in 1946--directed by Edmund Goulding, and in 1964--directed by Bryan Forbes and Ken Hughes.

The novel apparently was also made into a TV miniseries in 1948 (!), or an episode of "Studio One"?

Anyone see any of the other productions?

In a way, the film seems to be a "missing link" -- it looks very much like a silent-era film, but also is a mature talkie with asynchronous sound, a decent (if omnipresent) soundtrack, etc.

It was also interesting to hear casual terms (such as 'cramming for an exam' and 'beachcomber') in obviously accepted usage 70 years ago.