Questions about Call Her Savage

Lokke Heiss · Post by **Lokke Heiss** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:31 am

How does the "group mind" feel about this film?
Required pre-Code viewing, or is it just a sad penultimate last film for Clara?

I haven't seen it. It does seem to be available on the gray-market. Any suggestions on the best version available?

Nancy Lorraine · Post by **Nancy Lorraine** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:19 pm

It shows up on the Fox Movie Channel pretty frequently, although I don't see it listed in December or January.

Nancy

LouieD · Post by **LouieD** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:25 pm

I love this movie and it's worth seeing (for me anyway) for 3 reasons:

1. Clara is wearing a very light white shirt in the film that you can see her nipples right through it.
2. The cat fight scene between Clara and Thelma Todd.
3. Thelma Todd.

FrankFay · Post by **FrankFay** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:49 pm

Clara seems pretty confident in it, and it's pretty well directed. An added plus is the Pansy cafe scene.

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:10 pm

Father: Why are you whipping that man?
Clara: I'm practicing in case I ever get married.....

or something to that affect... It's a terrific pre-Coder. And Clara Bow is sensational in it.

Post by **Danny Burk** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:01 pm

Love it! One of my favorite pre-codes, and surely Clara's best talkie.

dr.giraud · Post by **dr.giraud** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:49 pm

And don't forget that really odd scene with the dog.

gkoch · Post by **gkoch** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:47 am

dr.giraud wrote:And don't forget that really odd scene with the dog.

Lucky dog!

Einar the Lonely · Post by **Einar the Lonely** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:55 am

Great, enjoyable film!

Jim Roots · Post by **Jim Roots** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:15 am

Clearly, the consensus is that this is a film that needs to be put out there on DVD!

(With captions!!!!)

Jim
(rabid Clara fan who has never seen this one)

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:19 am

Yes this should be on DVD... it's a terrific pre-Coder and proves that Clara Bow was a solid talkie actress.... she goes through all the steps here: from the sly sexual innuendo to the all-out weepie segments. Probably only a handful of actresses of the time could have pulled this off. Barbara Stanwyck? Evelyn Brent? Kay Francis? Claudette Colbert?

Hal Erickson · Post by **Hal Erickson** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:04 pm

As usual, William K. Everson made one of the most pointed comments about this curious film, noting that if Clara Bow had actually taken up streetwalking, it's hardly likely that her first two clients would be Walter Long and Bert Roach.

Jim Roots · Post by **Jim Roots** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:54 am

Hal Erickson wrote:As usual, William K. Everson made one of the most pointed comments about this curious film, noting that if Clara Bow had actually taken up streetwalking, it's hardly likely that her first two clients would be Walter Long and Bert Roach.

Who would they be, then? Charlie Sheen and Nick Nolte?

Jim

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am

I think Long and Roach were perfect choices if the filmmakers were trying to de-glamorize streetwalking as a profession.