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Actors: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchly, Helen Vinson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Live, Love, and Learn |
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Starving artist Bob Graham is painting in the park when wealthy Julie Stoddard falls from her horse right on to his easel. Despite this awkward first meeting they fall in love and get married. Bob keeps telling her how poor he is, but she doesn't care. They move into his cramped apartment to start life together. Julie likes his neighbors and his best friend, Oscar. Julie receives a check from her uncle to use until she comes to her senses and goes back to her rich life. But, they're determined to make it on their own, so they frame the check and throw darts at it.
Helen, one of the society ladies Julie used to know comes over to see how Julie is and meet the man who made her give up her wealth. Bob is bad company, because he's failed to sell a painting. However, Julie gives him a pep talk and the two of them go to the park where he paints again. A riot breaks out between soldiers over the painting, and Bob gets publicity, but for the riot rather than his work. They have a lot of reporters who pretend to be gallery owners, and they throw them all out. Finally, Mr. Bawltitude, a real one shows up. He likes Bob's work and agrees to exhibit his paintings. Bob gets a lot of money, and Julie finds that he's moved them into a huge apartment with servants. Helen comes around advising him on what to paint. Instead of his usual type of work, he spends time painting for rich people. When a professor from his old neighborhood asks Bob to speak to the class, he turns the professor down. Julie thinks he's turned into a snob and leaves him. Bob finds out he's lost his talent and has to regain it. Bob and Julie also have to find a way to regain their relationship.
--Angela Tircuit, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Live, Love, and Learn |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- artist
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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