Forbidden (1932)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Frank Capra directed this incredibly stupid film about a shy librarian (Barbara Stanwyck) who takes a cruise and meets a seamanly nice politician (Adoplhe Menjou). The two eventually fall in love but then the politician must admit that he's already married. To make matters even worse, the librarian is pregnant and a hot shot reporter (Ralph Bellamy) wants the story. This film takes place over a twenty-year period but in the end it really doesn't work out too well. The three stars all done very nice work, although it's hard to believe Stanwyck in her role as a ugly librarian. Bellamy steals the film as the fast talking reporter who spends his life trying to bring the politician down. The film is somewhat charming at the start but once all the politics come into play it grows quite tiresome. And then, there's the incredibly stupid and horribly written ending, which has to be one of the worst from any film I've seen. I won't ruin it for you but what Stanwyck does at the end is just downright stupid and goes against everything that came before it.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Frank Capra directed this incredibly stupid film about a shy librarian (Barbara Stanwyck) who takes a cruise and meets a seamanly nice politician (Adoplhe Menjou). The two eventually fall in love but then the politician must admit that he's already married. To make matters even worse, the librarian is pregnant and a hot shot reporter (Ralph Bellamy) wants the story. This film takes place over a twenty-year period but in the end it really doesn't work out too well. The three stars all done very nice work, although it's hard to believe Stanwyck in her role as a ugly librarian. Bellamy steals the film as the fast talking reporter who spends his life trying to bring the politician down. The film is somewhat charming at the start but once all the politics come into play it grows quite tiresome. And then, there's the incredibly stupid and horribly written ending, which has to be one of the worst from any film I've seen. I won't ruin it for you but what Stanwyck does at the end is just downright stupid and goes against everything that came before it.