not all film make in 1931 be this creaky and and the fact that this be best picture must have give even great impetus to the development of television . typical of all ferber novel and it isn not possible to bring the entire story to the screen and to say nothing of develop character . dix so stolid in the first third of the movie do an about face and but no one know why and it make no sense . and what be there about dunne that make make her so stoical . edna may oliver scene be priceless and a usual . this film have a role to play in the history of cinema and but it be long and boring .