Product Details

• Actors: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Grant Mitchell, Elizabeth Patterson
• Directors: Wesley Ruggles
• Writers: Benjamin Glazer, Edmund Goulding, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Milton Herbert Gropper
• Producers: Albert Lewis
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 12, 1995
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303560059
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,951 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fine pre-code drama with Gable and Lombard, September 26, 2007

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Man of Her Own (DVD)

No Man Of Her Own stars the great Clark Gable as Babe Stewart, a card shark and a crook cheating innocent people out of their money in "friendly little card games" with his buddies. Carol Lombard plays Connie Randall, a small town girl bored silly who marries Babe Stewart on the flip of a coin when he is in her small town to avoid "the heat" of the police chasing after him.

Fortunately, the plot gets better! After a somewhat slow start to establish this rather unlikely hasty marriage, Babe Stewart and his new wife Connie finally return to Babe's home town of New York. Eventually Connie gets wise to Babe's card shark ways and then comes "the" confrontation.

Of course, you may think I've said it all--but after Connie confronts Babe the plot has a lot of directions in which to travel. Will Babe reform? Will he kick Connie out of his life or give her "hush money" to keep her from squealing to the police? Will Connie join Babe and his buddies and become a part of the racket? And what about Babe's former girlfriend, the histrionic Kay Everly (Dorothy Mackaill) who threatens to jump off the balcony of Babe's high rise apartment if Babe doesn't return to her? Will Kay try to ruin Connie's affections for Babe? No spoilers here, folks--you'll have to watch the movie to find out the answers!

The choreography works well in the scenes where Connie is pursued in the library by Babe after they first meet; and the cinematography framed things well within the screen, too.

The DVD only has a brief introduction by Robert Osbourne of Turner Classic Movies; we get no deleted scenes or other special extras. Sorry, folks!

Overall, No Man Of Her Own is a much better film than some people will say. It held my attention very well. We get to see a very young Clark Gable working at his very best with his future wife Carol Lombard; and their onscreen chemistry works to enhance the picture.

I highly recommend this film for fans of pre-code drama; and people who are fans of Carol Lombard and Clark Gable will want to see this one, too.

Enjoy!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Title Sounds like a Comedy but this is Definetly a Pre-code Drama, July 2, 2007

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S. Phifer "klassic klector" (Springfield, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Man of Her Own (DVD)

A comedy this is not.

This is an interesting little film that could not have been made after after the code crackdown. The story line is an amoral one if not down right immoral. Gable plays the hero--a crooked gambler. Lombard plays a had-it-up-to-here small town girl ready to escape at the first offer. Lucky girl, Gable is the first offer. They marry on impulse, he thinking it is for laughs while she sees good in him that no one else can see, espcially those of us watching the film.

He draws her into his crooked gambling schemes then tries to shake her but see won't leave him. I suppose, if we stretch the point, her love for him redeems him some. Can one be a little bit redeemed?

Subject matter, a lack of moral characters, shower and clothes-changing scenes and see thru dresses make this film that was not shown on TV often I am sure. But as the only screen pairing of Gable and Lombard it is worth owning.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic not to be missed!, January 3, 2000

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Genivieve (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Man of Her Own [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video already has two major league stars to draw attention - the handsome Clark Gable and the gorgeous Carole Lombard, who shared a true life fairy tale romance. The plot of the movie is quite well put together. Clark Gable plays a ruthless gambler, Babe Stewart, who leaves New York and goes to small town Glendale to get away from some financial problems where he meets Connie Randall, played by Carole Lombard, who is the cynical town librarian. Gable is instantly attracted, but not in love, he marries her on the flip of a coin and sees her as prosperous to his social activities. Connie is deeply in love, and does not realise that her husband is only stringing her along. She does not know his true profession and when she does find out, she ruins his chances for big money. Gable's character finally realises at the end that he does love Connie and he is prepared to change his ways for her, such as hand himself over to the ever watchful authorities. Connie goes back to Glendale, she believes her husband is in South America, she does not know he is trying to change his ways for her.... I highly recommend this romantic comedy to all classic movie lovers. The characters were played superbly by Gable and Lombard, whose chemistry highlighted this movie. They were supported by an excellent all star cast.