Come and Get It

Starring:Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, Mady Christians, Mary Nash, Andrea Leeds, Frank Shields, Edwin Maxwell, Cecil Cunningham, Charles Halton, Gino Corrado, Stanley Blystone, Al K. Hall, Bud Jamison, Constantine Romanoff, Harry Wilson, Ben Hall, Jesse Graves, Phillip Cooper
Director: Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Richard Rosson
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Wisconsin lumberman Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) makes his fortune by marrying his business associate's daughter to cinch a lucrative partnership, thereby sacrificing the one he truly loves, Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer). Lotta marries Barney's close pal Swan Bostrom (Walter Brennan) and they beget Lotta Bostrom (also Frances Farmer) who bears a striking resemblance to her mother. Years later, when the elder Lotta is no longer with us, Barney and his son (Joel McCrea) both fall for the young Lotta, causing Barney to work out his troubling sense of loss. This rousing loggers melodrama was the one and only true showcase for the talents of Frances Farmer, who is superb in the dual role of the mother and daughter Lottas (and for a fledgling actor, that's a lotta Lottas), and who would later be made more famous by the biopics based on her life. Co-directed by Howard Hawks (who discovered Farmer, and was ousted from the film when he was rude to producer Samuel Goldwyn) and William Wyler. --Jim Gay

Description

A luminous Frances Farmer stars in this "superb" (The Hollywood Reporter) romantic drama based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Co-starring Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea and Water Brennan, in an OscarÂ(r)-winning* performance, this tale of ruthless ambition and reckless passion is an unforgettable classic with the "power to charm, spellbind and stir" (Variety).Lumberman Barney Glasgow (Arnold) abandons saloon girl Lotta (Farmer) to marry a timber heiress only to fall for Lotta's beautiful daughter (also played by Farmer) twenty years later. But this time, Barney has a rival for the young woman's love: his own son (McCrea)!*1936: Supporting Actor

Customer Reviews:

Gee, The Mother and Daughter Sure Look Alike.......2007-04-02

Based on Edna Ferber's generational tale about the Wisconsin logging industry, "Come and Get It" (1936) is an excellent pairing of Frances Farmer and Edward Arnold (best known for "Diamond Jim"). What I found most interesting is the incredible resemblance between Farmer and Jessica Lange, who played her in "Frances" (1982). That film was a somewhat distorted account of Farmer's troubled life and was quite a hit with the activist crowd at the time of its release.

In "Come and Get It" Farmer gets to play two roles, a bar girl and her grown daughter. Both portrayals are excellent, no small accomplishment given that the film was co-directed. Howard Hawks directed the first scenes. He was replaced in mid-production by William Wyler. Any stylistic differences are obscured because the film jumps ahead 20 years at about the point where Hawks left the production.

Wisconsin logger Barney Glasgow (Arnold) chooses to marry for money; leaving behind heart of gold bar girl Lotta (Farmer); with whom he is actually in love. 20 years later Barney meets Lotta's now grown-up daughter who is the spitting image of her decreased mother (not exactly unexpected since the same actress is playing both roles).

The now very rich Barney is used to getting pretty everything he wants and he takes a fancy to his former girlfriend's daughter. This might actually be Arnold's best performance as the film is really a showcase of his character's sudden realization that he has grown old. It's not exactly happy ending stuff. The title comes from Arnold's final scene as he summons his dinner guests to the table with the line: "Come and get it or we'll throw it to the dogs".

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

rural sprawl produces another lumbering adaptation of edna ferber.......2006-06-04

as usual, edna ferber books are just too damned spread out to work as fully effective films, but they adapt as pretty good almosts. the first part of the movie, set in a late 1800s logging camp, work much better for me, with frances farmer way more credible as the bar girl than a generation later playing her own daughter. edward arnold is as always great (pleeez, release "diamond jim brady" on dvd!), and walter brennan won one of his 3 oscars in a memorable supporting turn, tho the young joel mccrea (usually a favorite) comes off as a stiff here. yet the inherent problem in any ferber adaptation (see "giant", "show boat", "saratoga trunk", &c.) is theres just too much that needs to be left out. still tho, its fun.

I Came and Got It.......2006-03-09

I love this movie and was so thrilled Amazon.com had it online on DVD. Frances Farmer shone so brightly in this film as did Edward Arnold and Walter Brennen. For film buffs this is a keeper and a must. Thank you Amazon.com.

Fabulous film of Unrequited Love.......2005-09-22

Seeing "Come and Get It" in the 21st century is every bit as sad and heart-wrenching as it was in 1936. That is the test of a classic. The fine directing by Billy Wilder and Hank Hawks still comes through and a cast of fabulous actors includes not only Frances Farmer but also the venerable Edward Arnold, the latterly-famous Walter Brennan and pretty boy Joel McCrea. They all deliver fine performances.

Burly lumberman Barney Glasgow (Arnold) is forced to make a heartbreaking choice. Should he marry Frances Farmer, the woman he madly loves, or marry the lumber company owner's daughter to get the partnership he has dreamed of and earned. He chooses the latter, gets all he has dreamed of, and spends the rest of his life miserable.

Meanwhile Barney's best chum, Svon Bostrom (Brennan) is a gentle and slightly simple fellow who marries Farmer instead. Barney stays away for decades and doesn't realize that his old friend and old flame have begat a daughter (also played by Farmer) who is mom's virtual clone, except more wholesome and angelic. Can and should Barney chuck it all and become a fool for love once he meets her or is he doomed to just be "an old man" and a sugar daddy?

A touching story, indeed, and full of great small performances (like the Pullman Porter and the Band Conductor). Great acting is complemented by a good sense of place and time, and a haunting sound track largely based on civil war romance tune Aura Lee. Yes, the one Elvis stole for 'Love Me Tender.'

In short, a truly great film and a must-see. You don't need to be a Frances Farmer obsessive to find this film delightful!

A plea on behalf of the truth of Frances Farmer's life.......2005-03-15

I would just like to set the record straight about Ms. Farmer, who was a singularly talented young woman who was very badly abused from the time she was a child, by her hysterical and very typical "stage" mother. While it is true that Ms. Farmer was "difficult" in the eyes of the Hollywood Studio System managers, her work on the stage was her first priority and was greatly celebrated on Broadway, particularly in Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy." But because it yieled no money, she was forced to choose Hollywood if she wanted to act, which she did, hoping for better chances. It is also true that she would not compromise her principles in order to play by Hollywood's rules, and that she did nothing to soften her personality to placate those who would make her suffer for it. Unfortunately she did not the spiritual strength to live with the consequences of her own feisty behavior, but that did not justify the police breaking into her hotel room at 2 am to arrest her on a misdemeanor battery complaint filed when she blew up at a make-up artist, taking her at gunpoint, naked and terrified, into custody, never allowing her legal advice as the judge berated her for insufficiently appreciating her status as a "movie star," nor the stripping of her competency rights by her own mother, who was the one who had her committed when she refused to return to Hollywood, her mother's ideal. As punishment, her mother put, and then left, Frances in a State Hospital for 8 years, the last 5 in the "incurable" ward, where she was, literally, starved, left naked and unblanketed in a bed on the floor (can you even imagine being unclothed for five years?), fed rotten food that was thrown into the room and eaten off the floor, never bathed, never treated even with shock or insulin or "hydro" (ice-baths), routinely raped by the orderlies, who also sold time to other men who were happy to rape the half-unconscious women. As were all the other women there, she was left for dead (the only way anyone ever left that ward was feet-first and blue) and after having been committed by her mother, was then, beyond all expectation, paroled by that selfsame woman because she and her husband were now too old and ill to care for themselves. They requested that this woman, their daughter, who was supposedly too insane to even be allowed a shirt let alone a plate or a visit with a doctor, was now suddenly competent enough to come care for them in their old age. In order to do this, her competency rights had been restored without her knowledge, but her parents continued to terrorize her with threats of re-commital long after they no longer had the power to do anything to her. Finally her father was hospitalized, she sent her mother to one of her other children (none of the other members of the family would care for these two monstrous people, hence Frances' parolement), and she took off, finally free.

She was not lobotomized, though that misconception persists, and wrote a harrowing, but ultimately beautiful and rawly truthful "I am not a victim" autobiography, called "Will there really be a morning?" which I believe is out of print, though occasionally one turns up in a used book store. If you read just one "actor" autobiography, it should be hers. At the end of her life she found joy and love with a family who took her in and taught her what it is to be human; to finally value herself and to give and receive love. She died of cancer only a few years after finding this love and home and joy,and I do wish people would stop repeating half-truths or outright lies (which the movie, despite Jessica Lange's extraordinary performance, perpetrated and went so far as to invent). She deserves better. Few could have survived her life--to be hated by one's own parents is a recipe for disaster, Hollywood Studio System or no, and to be locked away in a State Hospital in the 40's through the 60's was an experience very few ever recovered from. Most died in those wards; it is a miracle that she did not.

Please--I ask those who review any films of Frances Farmer's that might come up for sale--pay her the respect of reviewing the work, not her life, unless you have the facts, and even so, tread lightly. It is the least we can do now for a woman who lived most of her life in a hell we can only imagine.

As "Come and Get it" was the one film Frances was proud of, I am glad it is here for us to buy, and Amazon.com honors her memory by carrying it.

Average customer rating:

Gee, The Mother and Daughter Sure Look Alike
rural sprawl produces another lumbering adaptation of edna ferber
I Came and Got It
Fabulous film of Unrequited Love
A plea on behalf of the truth of Frances Farmer's life

Come and Get It
Starring: Edward Arnold , Joel McCrea , Frances Farmer , Walter Brennan , and Mady Christians
Director: Howard Hawks , Richard Rosson , and William Wyler
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
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Customer Reviews:

Gee, The Mother and Daughter Sure Look Alike.......2007-04-02

rural sprawl produces another lumbering adaptation of edna ferber.......2006-06-04

I Came and Got It.......2006-03-09

Fabulous film of Unrequited Love.......2005-09-22

A plea on behalf of the truth of Frances Farmer's life.......2005-03-15

Aaron Carter - Aaron's Party (Come Get It)

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Don't waste your $
Cool
30 mins of eye candy!
From Aaron`s Biggest Fan,I Bring Ya Aaron`s Party!
Aaron's Party (Come Get It)

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"My stuff will never be lame," says Aaron Carter. Thanks, kid, but we'll be the judge of that. Truth be told, the 12-year-old Carter, brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (which might have a little something to do with Aaron's rapid ascent in the world of kid pop), has talent. In this DVD package (essentially a showcase for five videos from his third album, with some behind-the- scenes filler), he displays an appealing personality, a face guaranteed to make the girls swoon, a flotilla of makeup artists, wardrobe people, and other handlers, some nifty dance moves, and a rap style that's... well, it's at least as hip as any other white suburban 12-year-old's. And his repertoire, while not exactly groundbreaking, does take a couple of surprising turns, especially in the form of "Iko Iko," the New Orleans standard (written in the '50s and a hit for the Dixie Cups in the '60s). Also included are "I Want Candy" (the Bo Diddley-beat-heavy Strangeloves hit), and the nursery rhyme-like "Clapping Song" (once covered by the immortal Pia Zadora, among many others).

All in all, it's good clean fun--except for the fact that there's something unsettling, creepy even, about watching a prepubescent kid bust moves, rap about "old school" (kindergarten, maybe?), and throw down the "yo"-speak without a trace of self-consciousness. Sure, Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond were polished youngsters too, but they also had a certain innocence that's almost totally lacking here. Case in point: included in the disc's extra features is a trivia game that tells you not only what Aaron's favorite food, color, and Beanie Baby are, but also what kind of motorcycle he rides as well as the title of his mom's new book. Precocious? That doesn't even begin to cover it. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews:

Don't waste your $.......2004-07-11

This kid is a piece of garbage and needs a severe beating.

Cool.......2002-12-23

A beautiful picture of li'l Aaron with an american flag backdrop covers this video and his album as well. This tape has all the videos hes done with for the songs on his album, it even shows how he cuts loose with his dirt bike! COOL!!!!!

30 mins of eye candy!.......2002-01-11

Good video! Shows music videos (Iko Iko, Aarons Party, I want candy,Clapping song and Bounce) plus the makings of them and some short interviews, photo shoots 'n more! Great video!

From Aaron`s Biggest Fan,I Bring Ya Aaron`s Party!.......2001-12-01

Aarons` video is the best of the best.Along with his Live In Concert Video,this video will make ya cry!It consists of his first five music videos off his hit CD,Aaron`s Party(Come Get It).Parents:It is a clean video,but you may only feel a little uncomfortable with it because of the old-school(but dirty-word free)raps.You will be twice as satisfied with the DVD edition.
You`ll never want to get off the couch with Aaron`s awesome VHS and DVD!

Aaron's Party (Come Get It).......2001-08-08

I loved this movie! Aaron shows his love for Marine Life and tells everyone "When I'm 16 I'm going to hold back on singing and start collage for Marine Biology" He shows the video Thats How I beat Shac, and u can see theand preformences of Tell me What You Want, and Thats how I beat Shac! Aaron and Angel his twin sister, have there 13th Birthday party with the Olsen twins. Aaron is like a little Nick. Both hot and Great singers!