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Three Comrades
starring: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee
directed by: Frank Borzage

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717259
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302717256
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 1938
Sales Rank: 4191

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Sullavan at her best
Well-done heartbreaker scripted (partly) by F. Scott Fitzgerald - and the only picture he worked on where he was so credited (though to his anger much of the dialogue he wrote was ultimately changed). Set in Germany right after WW I, Margaret Sullavan plays the heart-throb of three returning German soldiers (Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, and Robert Young), who now are partners in an auto repair company. Although all three of them love Sullavan, it's a testament to their friendship that when she decides to marry Taylor, the other two are actually happy for him. The tragedy comes in the fact that Sullavan is suffering from TB and hasn't much time to live. Sullavan is wonderful and this is one of her best performances on film. Her throaty voice and eloquence are most effective and are impossible ... Read More

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- Fitzgerald and Sullavan
A romantic glow hangs over this beautiful picture like a San Francisco fog. The story is based on the fine novel by Erich Maria Remarque and was adapted to the screen by none other than F. Scott Fitzgerald. Frank Borzage was the perfect choice as director for this story of three German WWI expatriates who have bonded for life and the tubercular waif they all love in different ways. A sense of impending tragedy even during the happier scenes creates what one might call romantic noir.

Robert Taylor portrayed Erich, the younger and more innocent of the three comrades. Robert Young's Gottfried is the idealist, angry at the post war rise of fascism. And Franchot Tone, in one of his finest roles is Otto, the world weary pragmatist. Their lives are changed forever when they meet up with ... Read More

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- An interesting period piece which skirts the real truth
Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Robert Taylor star as three young German friends who survive the rigors of World War One, and stick together as business partners during the economic hard times that followed. In many ways, this is an explicit continuation of the better-known "All Quiet On The Western Front." It is also based on the work of novelist Erich Maria Remarque and also presents an atypically sympathetic view of the Germans who took part in the war (at least of the common soldiers...) This film deals less with the horrors of war than with its social aftermath, and with the collision of Germany's cultural rigidity with an emerging modern world, at times stifling, and at others liberating. Nazism is dealt with somewhat elliptically; one of the three friends is a left-wing idealist and runs ... Read More

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- Great period film.
This is a poignant movie adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel about three life-long friends in post World War I Germany and beautifully filmed by cinematographer and four-time Oscar winner Joseph Ruttenberg ("Waterloo Bridge", "The Philadelphia Story"). I read somewhere that this is a movie that MGM ran into some problems in its production because it was considered by some to be a war-mongering story. For this film version to be approved by the Hollywood production code in 1938, the political presence had to be toned down. Audiences will not see Nazi emblems and mention of Hitler and other Nazi leaders are noticeably absent. Remarque's novel have dealt harshly with the rise of Nazism in Germany in using it as a backdrop for a love story about three ex-soldiers, Erich Lohkamp (played by ... Read More

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- Inspiring Performances!!!
I don't know why everyone seems to think that the men in this movie were "bored" with these roles, but I thought their performances were wonderful as was the lead woman. I thought everyone did a spectacular job. Margaret Sullaven was mesmerizing in this role as a young woman in love who shows complete selflisness. She is perfect in this part, and will make you laugh and cry throughout the course of the movie. As for the men, while Robert Taylor's performance wasn't one of his better ones, I still think that he was very believable as the devoting husband equally in love. I was really impressed with Franchot Tone who played Otto. His character and the way in which he portrayed him was so beautiful. He showed every emotion possible on his calm face, and you could feel what he was feeling at ... Read More

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