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Mannequin

1938Movie1 h 35 min

62

DecentGoodWatch score

62

DecentGoodWatch score

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Summary

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.

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Makes you fall for them.

Not for scares, laughs or adrenaline.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 62
IMDb6.6
Audience score60%
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 7 countries
Released
1938
January 21, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
DramaRomance
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
24 of 49
Directing · 2
Frank Borzage Director, Screenplay, Producer
Lew Borzage Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Lawrence Hazard Screenplay
Katharine Brush Story
Production · 1
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer, Additional Writing
Camera · 1
George J. Folsey Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Fredrick Y. Smith Editor
Sound · 7
Edward Ward Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Paul Marquardt Orchestrator
Leo Arnaud Orchestrator
Wayne Allen Orchestrator
Jack Virgil Orchestrator
Art · 3
Edwin B. Willis Assistant Art Director
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Paul Groesse Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Adrian Costume Design
Other crew · 2
Herbert Stothart Additional Music
Alex Hyde Additional Music

Tropes

Living MannequinRare · in 44 titlesThe titular character is Ema "Emmy" Hesire, the spirit of an Ancient Egyptian woman who prayed to the gods to escape an arranged marriage and find love in another place and time.Intimate Lotion Applicationin 164 titlesWhen Jonathan and Emmy are pretending to be on the beach at the mall, she flirts with him by saying the "sun is hot" and how nice would it be to have someone rub lotion on her back (which is possible…All 85 tropes

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