i have not watch this movie until today and pass up each opportunity over the year to view it and a i fear it would not live up to the 1954 blockbuster star judy garland and james mason . i be right and it do not while it far surpass the 1954 remake . judy garland be my favorite all round entertainer and favorite singer and and the song in the 1954 movie be classic treasure and and james mason never disappoints in any film . however and in the 1937 version the story be tell more sensitively and with more shading . janet gaynor be perfect a the home grown farm girl seek to make her mark in hollywood and and fredric march be very convincing a the have be who can not cope with his decline value in hollywood and especially since he cause much of it himself . i have think that i might miss the music in this early version and but i find after have watch it that i do not miss it at all . the movie be engross from begin to end and stand on it own merit . i be move by this film in a way that i never have be by the late remake . see this film if you love a good story while do not put it off for year the way i do . simply and simply wonderful .