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Today We Live

  • 19331933
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.3K
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Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford in Today We Live (1933)
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.3K
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  • Directors
    • Howard Hawks
    • Richard Rosson
  • Writers
    • William Faulkner(story "Turn About")
    • Edith Fitzgerald(screenplay)
    • Dwight Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Gary Cooper
    • Robert Young
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  • Directors
    • Howard Hawks
    • Richard Rosson
  • Writers
    • William Faulkner(story "Turn About")
    • Edith Fitzgerald(screenplay)
    • Dwight Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Gary Cooper
    • Robert Young
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    • 33User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Diana
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Bogard
    Robert Young
    Robert Young
    • Claude
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Lieutenant Ronnie Boyce-Smith
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • McGinnis
    Louise Closser Hale
    Louise Closser Hale
    • Applegate
    Rollo Lloyd
    Rollo Lloyd
    • Major
    Hilda Vaughn
    Hilda Vaughn
    • Eleanor
    Gene O'Brien
    Ernie Alexander
    • Alexander, a Pilot
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Aubrey
    Jimmy Aubrey
    • Pier Office Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    Glen Cavender
    Glen Cavender
    • Ammunition Factory Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Cooper
    • Realtor
    • (uncredited)
    Murray Kinnell
    Murray Kinnell
    • Padre
    • (uncredited)
    Eily Malyon
    Eily Malyon
    • Wendy, the Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Marlowe
    Frank Marlowe
    • MP Corporal
    • (uncredited)
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    • Moore, a Pilot
    • (uncredited)
    Bert Moorhouse
    Bert Moorhouse
    • Moorhouse, a Pilot
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Howard Hawks
      • Richard Rosson
    • Writers
      • William Faulkner(story "Turn About") (dialogue)
      • Edith Fitzgerald(screenplay)
      • Dwight Taylor(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Variety reported in its review that director Howard Hawks used footage from the movie Hell's Angels (1930) for the big bomber expedition sequence, the main dogfight, and the head-on collision of two airplanes.
    • Goofs
      Although the story takes place in England, during the World War I period (1916), 'Joan Crawford''s hairstyles and clothes are all strictly contemporary, including some very striking Adrian creations that were the very trademark of the time and place when it was being filmed (Hollywood, 1933.)
    • Quotes

      McGinnis: [Seeing German planes] Here they come! They look like mosquitos in September!

    • Connections
      Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      THE YOUNG OBSERVER
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Lyrics by David Snell

      Sung by Roscoe Karns and others

      [Variant of "My Bonnie"]

    User reviews33

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    For aviation film collectors . . .
    The producers saved a lot of money on the action scenes. Most of the RAF combat footage was borrowed from Howard Hughes' epic, "Hell's Angels." The bomber that Gary Cooper and Roscoe Karns fly is a replica used with rear projection. The real one, a Sikorsky S-29, belonged to Roscoe Turner and was used as a stand-in for a German "Gotha" bomber in "...Angels." It was destroyed during a scene in which the aircraft was spun from 7,500 ft. by Hollywood pilot Al Wilson, while mechanic Phil Jones worked the smoke pots in the rear of the cabin. Wilson was unable to recover from the spin and, after shouting to Jones to bail out, left the aircraft. Jones apparently didn't hear the warning and rode the plane to his death in an orange grove in Pacoima, near present-day Whiteman Air Park. The camera crew was not prepared to catch the crash, so a JN-4 ("Jenny") was rigged with dummy wing-mounted engines and pushed over a Santa Paul bluff to recreate the Sikorsky's unplanned crash for the cameras.

    The German fighters that Robert Young shoots down in "...We Live" were from the climactic air battle in "...Angels" and were flown by such legendary stunt pilots as Frank Clarke, Frank Tomick and Leo Nomis.

    "...We Live" wasn't the only film to use "...Angels" aerial sequences. Others included "Cock of the Air" ('32), "Sky Devils" ('32), "The White Sister" ('33), "Crimson Romance" ('34), "Hell in the Heavens" ('34), "Suzy" ('36), "Ace Drummond" ('36), "Stunt Pilot" ('39) and "Army Surgeon" ('42).
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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Turn About
    • Filming locations
      • March Air Reserve Base, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $659,710 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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