Best Film by Clark and Jean Clark Gable and Jean Harlow One of the most beautiful screen pairs of the golden age of Hollywood, sex symbols of his time, real stars. Only their names on the posters meant success. Together they starred in 6 films of which our attention is provided: "Red Dust" - a very primitive comedy with vulgar scenes, which Clark and Jean made almost a masterpiece, undoubtedly, their most famous film; "Woman vs. Secretary" is a classic vintage comedy in which Clark and Jean shine, skate and say the great, so memorable phrase to me: "Never say good night, you need to say good night!"; stupid, meaningless "Sea of China" with a one-on-one plot like "Red Dust"; the last film of Jean Saratoga is an unpretentious light comedy about horses and about something else ... But all this is essentially irrelevant, all this pales next to the wonderful, deep and simply very good and high-quality film Hold Your Man.
Looking at the title comes the thought that this is another cute funny comedy, in which Clark and Jean mostly shot together. But nothing like that. It's drama. Gene and Clarke played great in it! This is a serious film that makes a very strong impression. And it begins in the best traditions of cinema with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow: the hero of Clark runs from the police and accidentally falls into someone else’s apartment, or rather in the bathroom in which Jean washes. So they get acquainted, and their love is born, which will have to go through a lot of trials, but which they still manage to preserve.
In my opinion, the film is amazing! It is amazing why in the careers of Clark and Jean he remained invisible. Probably because they had to play together in simple comedies, and this film is not one of them. For me, the drama "Hold Your Man" was so successful! They played well and made the film unforgettable. It was a pleasure to watch them play, and the plot was very interesting to watch.
I would call this film a little masterpiece. I'm glad I finally saw it. The best film by Clark and Jean.
10 out of 10