Io amo

Titolo originale: A Free Soul

1931
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1h 33min

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Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in Io amo (1931)

Un avvocato alcolizzato che ha difeso con successo un famigerato giocatore d'azzardo con l'accusa di omicidio si oppone quando sua figlia dallo spirito libero viene coinvolta sentimentalment... Leggi tuttoUn avvocato alcolizzato che ha difeso con successo un famigerato giocatore d'azzardo con l'accusa di omicidio si oppone quando sua figlia dallo spirito libero viene coinvolta sentimentalmente con lui.Un avvocato alcolizzato che ha difeso con successo un famigerato giocatore d'azzardo con l'accusa di omicidio si oppone quando sua figlia dallo spirito libero viene coinvolta sentimentalmente con lui.

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6,6/10

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Vincitore di 1 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 2 candidature totali

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Interpreti principali27

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Norma Shearer

Jan Ashe

Leslie Howard

Dwight Winthrop

Lionel Barrymore

Stephen Ashe

Clark Gable

Ace Wilfong

James Gleason

Eddie

Lucy Beaumont

Grandma Ashe

Roscoe Ates

Man Shot at in Men's Room
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Ann Brody

Hamburger Saleslady
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Edward Brophy

Slouch
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Clarence Burton

Detective
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James Donlan

Reporter
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Bess Flowers

Birthday Party Guest
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Francis Ford

Skid Row Drunk
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Henry Hall

Detective in Raid
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George Irving

Johnson - Defense Attorney
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Edward LeSaint

Judge
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Eric Mayne

Party Guest
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Sam McDaniel

Casino Valet
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Altri elementi simili

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La divorziata

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Anna Christie

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Female

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Il fallo di Madelon Claudet

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L'imputato deve morire

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Trama

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Quiz
When the final version of the movie went before Hollywood censors, they demanded that MGM cut the scene where Norma Shearer lays on the bed and suggestively asks Clark Gable to put his arms around her. The studio ignored the demand and released the film uncut.

Blooper
After the cross-examination finishes, Stephen Ashe begins his summation to the jury. However, he is the defense attorney, and the prosecutor takes the first summation. This "factual mistake" is, in fact, not an absolute, as it depends on the state where the trial is held. For example, in a criminal case (which this is) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the defense goes first and the Commonwealth last. (If it were a civil case in PA, the Plaintiff would go first.)

Citazioni
Jan Ashe: Tell me, Eddie. Has he been drinking?
Eddie: Well... uh...
Jan Ashe: A lot?
Eddie: Well, it wouldn't be a lot for a camel or one of them things.

Connessioni
Featured in Some of the Best (1944)

Colonne sonore
By the River Sainte Marie
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music during the restaurant scene

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8/10

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit!

Johnny Cochrane must've learned some legal tricks from this old movie. For example, at the beginning of the movie, Lionel Barrymore gets Clark Gable acquitted of first degree murder when he places the hat found at the scene of the crime on Clark's head ... clearly the hat is too small. The court and jury laugh, and Clark is set free!

This entire movie was great -- much better than I had expected. I saw two Norma Shearer movies recently with a similar-sounding plot recap: Their Own Desire (Norma Shearer falls for the son of her father's illicit lover), and this one, A Free Soul (Norma Shearer falls for her lawyer father's mobster client). Having watched Their Own Desire first and not being impressed with it, I wondered if I should even bother with A Free Soul. But bother I did, and I'm glad for it. It was an excellent movie.

Lionel Barrymore is the black sheep of his snooty, well-heeled family. His wife died while giving birth to their only child, Jan (Norma Shearer). Being the black sheep, Lionel raised Norma to be a "free soul", to not be afraid of anyone or anything, to not be afraid to make mistakes, and to pick herself up and dust herself off whenever she did find herself in trouble. This has apparently worked well for Norma, until she meets and eventually tries to get away from Clark Gable. Norma finally learns there are consequences to all actions, that one can't be a "free soul" without it having some type of repercussion on one's life.

We also have Lionel Barrymore (whom I always love in anything I see him in) this time very compelling as a brilliant alcoholic lawyer who loves his daughter more than anything but who ultimately doesn't know how to protect her. He disappoints her, and he disappoints himself, but in the end he seeks to right his wrongs by defending Norma's ex-fiancé (to say more would be to possibly spoil the movie).

This movie was fresh, and the characters were sympathetically developed without ever resorting to being maudlin or melodramatic. This movie was also chock-full of great lines. For example:

(Lionel to Clark, upon learning Clark wants to marry Norma) - "The only time I hate democracy is when one of you mongrels forgets where you belong!"

(Norma to Clark, trying to get Clark to quit talking and make love to her) - "Men of action are better in action; they don't talk well."

Great early pre-code movie.