If you want to see a modern day cowboy married to a society gal, watch 'The Cowboy & The Lady.' Gary Cooper is a better actor then Johnny Mack Brown (Larry) and Merle Oberon acts better (and is better looking then Joan Crawford's character who is named Joan). Crawford is really strange in this movie (especially at the end where she has a 'What Am I Doing In This Movie Look).' Its about party girl sisters Elizabeth (Dorothy Sebastian), and Joan who are always trouble for their father Mr. Prescott. Elizabeth loves Jeff (Ricardo Cortez) who is a real weasel, who really wants Joan. She marries Larry almost on the spur of the moment, so her sister could have him. Spoilers ahead: Probably the best scenes in the movie involves Cortez & Crawford, like when he is doing the tango with Crawford, and punches him out. Then in the final scene where he shows what a coward he was, when Larry dressed as a bandit kidnaps Joan and he does nothing (Elizabeth sees the truth about him). More importantly Joan sees the difference between her husband and society types like Jeff. She has (about Jeff) "He is not my husband thank heavens." She says to the bandit J "I do have a husband and if you look at me the wrong way, there would be trouble." She does know that Larry is the bandit due to "Your thick accent you can cut."). Joan is really not worth the effort, but Larry wins her because he is the only person she ever respected, and as her father said to him "Leaving (him) is the first thing she ever regretted." I will give it 2 stars. 1 each for Cortez and Crawford (although it might be Joan's worst movie).
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