Suzy (film)

Suzy is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone and Cary Grant.

[1] In 1914, American showgirl Suzanne Trent (Jean Harlow) is in London, hoping to meet and marry a man with money.

She tells her friend Maisie (Inez Courtney) she can charm any man she chooses into marrying her, and then learn to love him.

But then they stumble on a German plot, and her husband is shot by a mysterious woman (Benita Hume), who leaves immediately.

Thinking she is a widow, Suzy is heartbroken, until she meets the famed French flying ace Andre Charville (Cary Grant) at the cabaret.

The Baron's concern was justified: when Andre returns briefly to Paris, he is more interested in socializing with his fellow pilots—and their girlfriends—than taking the opportunity to see the wife he has not even told them about.

Terry takes his revenge, killing Diane and her henchman by strafing their car, then shooting down the German fighters meant to ambush Andre.

[4] Although Harlow dominates the film, it is not considered one of her finest, with a mundane plot and only the Grant and Tone roles being notable.

[2] Critic Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times considered it hackneyed, as "...it plunges across the screen, creates some mild excitement and careens out again, leaving us with a few esthetic bruises and a feeling that a little fresh air would do no harm.