Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You (MGM 1942)

Lana isn't taking it from Gable in 1942's "Somewhere I'll Find You". Lou Valentino Collection

Release Date: August 27, 1942.

Production Dates: January 15, 1942-May 6, 1942 (production was shut down temporarily on January 16, 1942 due to the tragic death of Clark Gable's wife, actress Carole Lombard but would resume on February 23, 1942)

Credited Cast and Crew:

Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane.

Directed by: Wesley Ruggles

Writing Credits: Charles Hoffman (story), Walter Reisch (adaptation) and Marguarite Roberts (screenplay)

Produced by: Pandro S. Berman

Original Music by: Bronislau Kaper, Daniele Amfitheatrof, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Lennie Hayton

Cinematography by: Harold Rosson

Synopsis: Two brothers (Clark Gable and Robert Sterling) compete for the same girl (Lana) at the beginning of World War II. You're better off renting Homecoming.

My Review: This is probably the weakest of all of the Turner/Gable vehicles of the 1940's. I was kind of left scratching my head as to whether the film was a war movie, a drama, a comedy or both. The screenwriters couldn't decide I suppose. After about an hour of the two brothers antagonizing each other over who's going to get the girl, it starts to wear a little thin. Gable isn't as committed to the film, as he usually is but that is expected. During the filming his wife, screen star Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash over Las Vegas.

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Highlights and Trivia

*Based on the short story Somewhere I'll Find You in Cosmopolitan Magazine in November, 1940.

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