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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed and produced by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable. The film is based on a novel by David Graham.
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise): Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan. Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
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- Drama, Romance
- Robert Z. Leonard
- 1931-10-10
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1931) was a high profile vehicle for MGM superstar Greta Garbo that paired her with Clark Gable for the first and only time. Its source was the controversial 1917 novel by David Graham Phillips, which caused quite a stir in its day with subject matter many considered racy.
- Robert Z. Leonard, Hugh Boswell
- Greta Garbo
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise ★★½ The Rise of Helga; Rising to Fame 1931 Garbo, the daughter of an abusive farmer, falls into the arms of the handsome Gable to escape an arranged marriage. Both stars are miscast, but the well-paced direction keeps the melodrama moving.
Born to an unwed mother who dies during childbirth, Helga ( Garbo) is raised by a demanding, cruel uncle named Ohlin ( Hersholt) who becomes obsessed with keeping the girl’s hopes firmly in check.
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) is a 1931 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Helga Ohlin ( Greta Garbo) grows up in an abusive household with an uncle who treats her like a slave, Helga being born of an unwed mother.
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Mike Kelly (Hale Hamilton), and invites Rodney to visit her. She now calls herself Susan Lenox. He again rejects her, but loving him she sets out to find him. She finds him in South America, a downtrodden man working at a jungle construction camp.
