The House Across the Bay (1940)
With exception to the ending, and I do tend to cut a movie slack because there are so many people involved with ending-approval, The House Across the Bay is a very good movie. It’s easy to imagine Jean Harlow in the lead, as it was a role tailor-made for her talents and usual screen image. She would have played a chorus girl in a nightclub who sasses the boss and ends up getting him to fall in love with her. They marry after a whirlwind courtship and he makes so much money he dresses her in furs and jewels. With money comes power, and with power comes enemies. After an attack on his life, she gets very worried and thinks it would be safer for him to do a small, year-long stint in jail for tax evasion than to be out on the streets. In the Jean Harlow role is Joan Bennett, who always reminded me of Jean in her earlier blonde years. Her devoted, loving husband is George Raft.
In the supporting cast are Lloyd Nolan and Walter Pigeon, in roles that are very important to the story – and I won't spoil the surprise. It's very exciting when it all plays out! While there are action scenes, betrayals, torch songs, forbidden romances, and more, my favorite parts are the romantic scenes between Joan and George. Usually playing a gangster, George is very sweet in this movie and tugs on your heartstrings. When Joan visits him in prison, you can feel the intense love between them. They love each other but simply can’t be together, and they try to make the best of it. Later, Joan rents a house as close to Alcatraz as she can, and it's very touching. She leaves all the curtains open so she can have a view of her husband and feel closer to him. Don't expect it to end well, but bring your handkerchiefs and give The House Across the Bay a chance.
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In the supporting cast are Lloyd Nolan and Walter Pigeon, in roles that are very important to the story – and I won't spoil the surprise. It's very exciting when it all plays out! While there are action scenes, betrayals, torch songs, forbidden romances, and more, my favorite parts are the romantic scenes between Joan and George. Usually playing a gangster, George is very sweet in this movie and tugs on your heartstrings. When Joan visits him in prison, you can feel the intense love between them. They love each other but simply can’t be together, and they try to make the best of it. Later, Joan rents a house as close to Alcatraz as she can, and it's very touching. She leaves all the curtains open so she can have a view of her husband and feel closer to him. Don't expect it to end well, but bring your handkerchiefs and give The House Across the Bay a chance.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Nadeem Sarwar" for posting!
More Joan Bennett movies here!