Gold Is Where You Find It

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Gold Is Where You Find It

First of all , one has to wonder why Warner Bros.who were already on a winner with the Flynn/de Havilland pairing (e.g. Captain Blood and The Charge of the Light Brigade), chose to cast the very colorless George Brent as the hero, as he falls way short of being effective. The intro speech was pathetic, the story has been done many times, the color was poor, and if it were not for Claude Rains and Miss de Havilland it would have been almost unwatchable. But in all fairness I must say there were some very good supporting cast members, like Harry Davenport, Margaret Lindsay, the always "villain" Barton MacLane and Warner perennial player John Litel, plus others , all of whom had very little to work with. Errol Flynn was badly neede here.

" . . . and they don't care how they get it!" screams Serena in summing up the Corrupt Corporate Communist Capitalist U.S. "business" system 1:06:02 into GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. Under America's "One Dollar, One Vote" policy, the callous greedy One Per Center Fat Cats have the unlimited leeway (documented here by unleashing flood waters which drown women and children in the false "security" of their own homes!) to slaughter We True Blue Loyal Patriotic Union Label Working Stiff 99 Per Center Citizens (such as Lance here), warn the always eponymous Warner Bros. The only way to fight these Evil Gold Bug Hoarders and their mercenary henchmen is with military assault rifles, suggest the prophetic prognosticators of Warner.

You've seen this picture before - with a different title and a different cast. It's the one about two warring factions (here, miners and wheat growers) battling over precious land while she (Olivia deHavilland, daughter of the most prominent wheat grower) and he (George Brent, employed by the mining syndicate) fall in love. All very conventional, despite a solid cast and first-rate production values. Clumsy off-screen narration at both the beginning and end attempts to give this story a documentary feel and some measure of historical significance. Did the film makers tack this on because they felt the story lacked significance and originality? I did.

A number of reviewers fault the casting of George Brent in this film. In defense of Warner Brothers, at the time that this film was cast Flynn wasn't quite Flynn yet, and George Brent was a reliable first lead in costume dramas. It's true that I see more sparks between Mickey and Minnie Mouse than between George and Olivia in this film, but the casting must have seemed a good idea at the time. Recall that Warners seriously considered George for the lead in Captain Blood. The film is entertaining to old timers for the casting of so many old reliable and familiar faces. I wish Willie Best had had a chance to play a serious role just once. George Hayes was obviously transitioning to his Gabby persona, previously he had specialized in villainy.

Here's an opportunity to sit back and enjoy all those studio actors and actresses of the 1930s in a color film with lavish costumes and sets. It's not often that one gets to see Claude Raines, Margaret Lindsay, George Brent, Gabby Hayes, a very young Tim Holt, Clarence Kolb, et al in color! For 1938 "Gold Is Where You Find It" is a memorable production. It's unfortunate that more productions of the 1930s were not in color so one could see and appreciate these old-time actors and actresses up close and in the flesh. Who cares if the plot is a familiar story of feuding miners and farmers. Sit back and watch Olivia and George up close and in color.