Chances

21 year old douglas fairbanks jr, and very early roles for rose hobart and anthony bushell. Period piece, london 1914. When the ingleside brothers get a three day leave during the first world war, they fall for the same girl. At a dance, they both tell molly they love her. She seems to really be in love with one, but in the heat of war, people will say anything to get by. And molly didn't want to hurt either of them. The intrigue. Who will survive? Who will find love? Pretty simple story... and it's been remade several times. Smaller role for tyrell davis, who only acted in 38 films, but stole the scene in so many of them. Filmed in the glorious days between the two wars. Imdb tells us the beach scenes were filmed in oregon! Seems like a long way to go for one minute on the beach. Directed by allan dwan. It's pretty good. Interesting mostly because it's an early role for fairbanks junior. Side note...he was married to joanie crawford when he made this!

An excellent look at WWI through the eyes of two brothers. Douglas Fairbanks gives an excellent performance opposite Anthony Bushnell and Mary Forbes.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. And Anthony Bushell are the Prescott brothers in 1931's "Chances," and both are in love with the same woman, Molly (Rose Hobart). The two brothers go off to war while Molly does her part in the effort, Tom (Bushell) believing that Rose is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack (Fairbanks Jr.) and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with his brother.

This is a very dated film done in that weird time that was the transition between silent and sound. This makes the dialogue pacing off and the film seem mannered and stagy. It's by no means a heavy look at war as some of the films made around the same time were, but rather focuses on the brothers' relationship and their mutual love for one woman.

Fairbanks Jr. Emerges as the best actor, giving a solid performance. Hobart is very serious and kind of boring, and Bushell is good-looking but callow. It's all very stiff upper lip and pip-pip.

"Chances" is a dark-looking film with some well-done battle scenes. One interesting bit of trivia about the cast is that all three leads lived to be 90 and above. One wonders if in later years, they even remembered this early effort.

"Chances" is a story set during WWI and is about two brothers who fall for the same woman. It's a bit predictable but manages to overcome this and is a very entertaining film.

The story begins in 1914 and like so many naive people, Jack and Tom (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. And Anthony Bushell) are celebrating that they're going off to war. Little did folks at the time realize that the war would result in more than 20,000,000 deaths! Before going, Tom spends some time with his girlfriend (Rose Hobart) and then goes off to war. Little did Tom suspect that Jack also spent time with her and the pair fell in love. So, while Tom is anticipating marrying her, she is in love with his brother.

During the war, the brothers find it's not all fun and glory...in fact it completely sucks. But Jack is quite the hero and is rewarded with a leave to go home...where he picks up his relationship with Tom's girl. What's next? See the film.

This film was handled very deftly--with excellent direction, acting as well as some harrowing and realistic battle scenes. Well worth seeing and quite the tearjerker near the end.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is very good in this romance/war film, playing a man who loves his brother's fiancee. Good cinematography helps put a gossamer glow on this early talkie that also boasts good work by Rose Hobart and Anthony Bushell. It never gets sticky but still manages to show moving relationships between brothers and between Fairbanks (always underrated) and Hobart, who unaccountably sank quickly to second leads. The story may seem a tad dated now, but this old film is definitely worth a look. Mary Forbes is the mother, and I think Ethel Griffies plays the drunken flower seller.