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The Shining Hour is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage, based on the 1934 play The Shining Hour by Keith Winter, and starring Joan Crawford and Margaret Sullavan. The supporting cast of the MGM film features Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter and Hattie McDaniel.
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 45. When Joan Crawford saw The Shining Hour on stage, she pleaded with the studio to let her spread her acting wings in the film version. She got her wish, playing a...
Shining Hour, The -- (Movie Clip) Shortly Before Genesis Big moment as Henry (Melvyn Douglas) brings new bride Olivia (Joan Crawford) home to imposing big sister Hannah (Fay Bainter), brother David (Robert Young) and his wife Judy (Margaret Sullavan) trying to support, in The Shining Hour, 1938.
- Frank Borzage, Lew Borzage
- Joan Crawford
Sick of her life in New York City, nightclub dancer Olivia Riley (Joan Crawford) moves to Wisconsin to marry Henry Linden (Melvyn Douglas), a well-to-do farmer.
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- Frank Borzage
- Drama
- Joan Crawford
A nightclub singer marries into a wealthy family and faces jealousy and betrayal from her sister-in-law. The Shining Hour is a romantic drama starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Young.
A romantic comedy film starring Joan Crawford and Robert Young, directed by Frank Borzage. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and other crew members who worked on this classic movie.
In a Frank Borzage picture, romance is a life-force, an unmitigated drive, the unconquerable. In The Shining Hour, Borzage uses Margaret Sullavan (his muse at the time) to convey both the bravery of being a lover and the inherent tragedy of it.
