Available on DVD through The Warner Brothers Archive Collection

Gable is Carl, a saintly Salvation Army officer who rescues Ivy (Crawford), distraught over being dumped by her boyfriend (Hamilton), from jumping off a bridge. Under Carl's influence, Ivy gives up her hard-drinking, hard-partying nightclub lifestyle and joins the Salvation Army. Temptation proves to be too great though, when her ex-lover returns and she falls back into old habits.

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Quote-able Gable

"Here, here! You can't do that!" first line

"I kinda hate to leave you alone, feeling so down. I'd like to take you home with me."

"No, I'm not very much worried about your soul. I was just hoping to preserve that nice, friendly grin for something worthwhile."

"It's funny how living for others makes you forget yourself."

"I just want you to be happy, whatever you do. But if you're going back because of what you've done, you don't need to, Ivy. We all stumble. All we can do is pick ourselves up again and go on and on and on until we find ourselves through our own mistakes."

"I guess you know where I'll be if you want me." last line

Behind the Scenes

Filmed immediately after Dance Fools Dance.

The original title was "Complete Surrender".

Johnny Mack Brown was originally cast as Carl. At a preview, audiences laughed at his performance and lack of chemistry with Crawford. MGM replaced him with Gable and re-shot all of his scenes.

Based on the 1930 play "Torch Song."