20 May 2020

Romance on the Run (1938)

Learned after watching that I saw the cut version of this B movie. The 16 minutes missing must have been the romance part because all I saw was lots of running and then at the very end they agree to get hitched on her lunch break. That moment was a surprise since, in the movie that I saw, he spends almost every moment trying to ditch her. Accidentally added another jewel heist/train movie to my year's worth of old films. The "antics ensue" caused a few giggles, so I didn't mind this one, but I don't really recommend it either.
Addendum: I neglected to mention the incredibly offensive section set in rural America. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas puts it best: "there is no shortage of hillbilly images in American popular culture. Whether a barefoot, rifle-toting, moonshine-swigging, bearded man staring out from beneath a floppy felt hat or a toothless granny in homespun sitting at a spinning wheel and peering suspiciously at strangers from the front porch of a dilapidated mountain cabin, the hillbilly, in all his manifestations, is instantly recognizable." That. Sigh.

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