The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on August 23, 2020

The final film in the three-disc Kino Carole Lombard Blu-ray set I am reviewing is NO MAN OF HER OWN, a 1932 Paramount production. This movie is famous for being the only onscreen pairing between Lombard and Clark Gable, long before they became an item in real life. Gable plays...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on June 15, 2019

Casar por Azar (1932) / No Man of Her Own (1932) Todos nós conhecemos Clark Gable e Carole Lombard como um casal, casados desde 1939 até a morte prematura dela em 1942. Mas, anos antes de eles se apaixonarem na vida real, eles interpretaram um casal em um filme. Em...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 22, 2019

Helen Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) is slighted by her slimy boyfriend who ditches her for a blonde and the only thing he offers her in return is a train ticket out of town. What can she do but take it dejectedly with barely any money, 8-months pregnant, without any future at all? She’s in...   read more

True Classics Posted by on August 13, 2017

“Summer nights are pleasant in Caulfield. They smell of heliotrope and jasmine, honeysuckle and clover. The breeze that stirs the curtains is soft and gentle. There’s the hush, the stillness of perfect peace and security. Oh, yes, the summer nights are pleasant in Caulfield–but not   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on April 14, 2016

Share This!1950 was a busy year for Barbara Stanwyck as she starred in four films that year.  Among them was No Man of Her Own, what today would be called a ‘woman’s picture.’  Or would it?  For the first two thirds of the picture it’s a somber and almost depressing...   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on September 8, 2015

Even before the invention of the Screwball Comedy icon that she would become, Carole Lombard sent sparks flying in an array of Pre-Code films, where she displayed vitality and wit that would help establish her legendary status a few years later. One her most notable efforts from this period was...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on June 28, 2015

No Man of Her Own Directed by Mitchell Leisen Written by Sally Benson and Catherine Turney based on the novel “I Married a Dead Man” by Cornell Woolrich 1950/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Helen Ferguson: Don’t. The preposterous story and overuse of the inte   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on October 28, 2014

Being an avid Carole Lombard fan, I’ve seen “No Man Of Her Own” several times before. When I first attained the DVD of this film I was excited to be able to see Clark Gable and Carole Lombard in a movie together. Gable and Lombard has always been one of...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Casar por Azar (1932) / No Man of Her Own (1932) Todos nós conhecemos Clark Gable e Carole Lombard como um casal, casados desde 1939 até a morte prematura dela em 1942. Mas, anos antes de eles se apaixonarem na vida real, eles interpretaram um casal em um filme. Em...   read more