Monday, April 01, 2013

Movie Notes: Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Director: Frank Lloyd

Yet another early Best Picture winner, Mutiny on the Bounty excels in its even-handed treatment of its characters in a morally complex environment.  I'm impressed that it eschews easy moral condemnation on either hand of such a heated situation.

Of course, it's not historically accurate, but the movie gives both Gable and Laughton full doses of humanity.

Anyway, it's fun.  It's more a drama than a swashbuckler, but Gable (sans mustache!) is very dashing.

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