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Today We Live is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Rosson released in USA on 3 march 1933 with Joan Crawford
Today We Live (1933)
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Add to a movie listToday We Live is a 1933 American Pre-Code romance drama film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone.
Based on the story Turnabout by William Faulkner, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on March 5, 1932, the film is about two officers during World War I, who compete for the same beautiful young woman. Faulkner provided dialogue for the film, making it the only film version of his work that Faulkner co-wrote.
Joan Crawford's character was added to the film to include a love interest. She met her future husband Franchot Tone on the set of the film. They married two years later.
Synopsis
During World War I, Diana "Ann" Boyce-Smith (Joan Crawford) is an English girl living on her father's estate in Kent. The estate is bought by a wealthy American, Richard Bogard (Gary Cooper), who seeks to move into his new property. Right as Bogard arrives, Ann and the house's servants find out that her father has been killed in action, but Ann projects calm and brave graciousness and moves to the guest cottage without complaint. Bogard finds her strength attractive and quickly falls in love with her.Actors
Joan Crawford
(Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith)
Gary Cooper
(Richard Bogard)
Robert Young
(Claude William Hope)
Franchot Tone
(Ronnie Boyce-Smith)
Roscoe Karns
(McGinnis)
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