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Chained (1934) MGM  Release Date: September 1, 1934 Directed by: Clarence Brown Costarring: Joan Crawford Otto Kruger Available on DVD through The Warner Brothers Archive Collection 
Gable is Mike Bradley, a South American rancher who falls for the glamorous
Diana (Crawford) on a cruise ship. Diana falls for Mike too, despite the
fact that she is romantically involved with a married Manhattan businessman,
Richard (Kruger). She decides to leave Richard for Mike but, upon her return
home, Richard tells her he has finally left his wife for her. Diana feels
obligated to marry Richard and Mike is heartbroken. Quote-able Gable "Your eyes are very beautiful--even when they're bloodshot!"
"Honest now, are you engaged to be married?"
"No. Would that be one of my problems?"
"Well it might be. Ever been engaged?"
"No."
"Say, who have you known all your life, a lot of blind men?"
"I admit I was on the prowl until you dropped down from the
sky."
"Same old thing eh? Shipboard friends, then never to meet
again?"
"Are you trying to turn the sun--our sun--into a
firecracker? It can't be done, Dinah!"
Behind the Scenes
Although their affair had cooled and both had moved on to others, Crawford
later admitted that she and Gable "stole moments" to be alone together on
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