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{{short description|1938 Fritz Lang film}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = You and Me
| name = You and Me
| image = YouAndMePoster.jpg
| image = YouAndMePoster.jpg
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| director = [[Fritz Lang]]
| director = [[Fritz Lang]]
| producer =Fritz Lang<br>'''presented by'''<br>[[Adolph Zukor]]
| producer = Fritz Lang
| writer = [[Virginia Van Upp]]
| screenplay = [[Virginia Van Upp]]
|based on= a story by [[Norman Krasna]]
| based_on = [[Norman Krasna]]<br>(Based on a story by)
| starring = [[Sylvia Sidney]]<br>[[George Raft]]
| starring = [[Sylvia Sidney]]<br>[[George Raft]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Kurt Weill]]
| music = [[Kurt Weill]]
| cinematography = [[Charles Lang]]
| cinematography = [[Charles Lang]]
| editing = [[Paul Weatherwax]]
| editing = [[Paul Weatherwax]]
| color_process = [[Black and white]]
| studio = Fritz Lang Productions
| studio = Paramount Pictures
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|1938|6|1|New York City|1938|6|3|United States}}
| released = {{film date|1938|5|29|Los Angeles-Premiere|1938|6|1|New York City|1938|6|10|United States}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
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'''''You and Me''''' is a 1938 American [[crime]] [[film noir]] directed by [[Fritz Lang]] and starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[George Raft]]. They play a pair of criminals on parole and working in a department store full of similar cases; [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]]'s character routinely hires ex-convicts to staff his store. The film was written by [[Norman Krasna]] and [[Virginia Van Upp]].
'''''You and Me''''' is a 1938 American crime drama/comedy/romance film directed by [[Fritz Lang]]. It stars [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[George Raft]] as a pair of ex-convicts on parole, working in a department store whose owner, played by [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]], routinely hires former criminals to give them a second chance. It was written by [[Norman Krasna]] and [[Virginia Van Upp]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
Mr Morris runs a department store which specialises in hiring former inmates who want to assimilate into civilian life. Two of his employees, Joe and Helen, have fallen in love. Joe is planning on leaving for California.
Mr. Morris, owner of a large department store, hires offenders released on parole to give them a chance to rehabilitate. The other staff do not know.


Among them is Joe Dennis, who is resigning and leaving for California in order to end his growing friendship with fellow-employee Helen Roberts, as he feels unworthy of her. With his violent past, he does not feel he could marry such a sweet and innocent girl. They spend a last evening together and, as he boards the Greyhound bus, she says that if he did ask to marry her the answer would be yes.
They decide to get married.

They rush to an instant marriage bureau and then back to her room. The landlady emerges to throw Joe out, but relents when Helen shows her ring. Helen says they must keep the wedding secret, because Mr Morris does not approve of employees marrying each other. In fact he does not mind, but Helen is not allowed to marry while on parole.

When Joe finds a ribboned bundle of what he assumes are love letters in Helen's room, but which are parole cards, he becomes jealous of her past, and meets up for a drink with some criminals from his own. They plan to rob Morris' store at night, and recruit him to join the operation. But one of the gang is sorry for Helen, should Joe end up back in prison, and, trying to disguise his voice on the telephone, encourages her to keep him away that night; but panicking, he fails to cover the telephone properly; she recognizes the voice, deduces why, and warns Morris.

When the robbers break into the store, they are surrounded by armed guards. Morris says he will let them go once they have listened to what Helen has to say. With considerable expertise, she outlines on a blackboard the full costs of the operation they had planned and the meager returns each individual would receive if it had succeeded. Joe is not amused by Helen's role in the affair or by her sophisticated knowledge of heist planning. As he does not offer any reconciliation, she packs her things and disappears.

Joe and his colleagues search all over town, with no leads. From Helen's parole officer, Joe learns that Helen is pregnant and that her marriage was void as it breached her parole conditions. After looking everywhere for her, one of the gang realizes that she'd probably be in a hospital, and finds her. The film ends with their second, but this time valid, marriage.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Sylvia Sidney]] as Helen
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* [[Sylvia Sidney]] as Helen Dennis
* [[George Raft]] as Joe Dennis
* [[George Raft]] as Joe Dennis
* [[Barton MacLane]] as Mickey Bain
* [[Barton MacLane]] as Mickey
* [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] as Jerome Morris
* [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] as Mr. Morris
* [[Roscoe Karns]] as Cuffy
* [[Roscoe Karns]] as Cuffy
* [[George E. Stone]] as Patsy
* [[George E. Stone]] as Patsy
* [[Warren Hymer]] as Gil Carter aka Gimpy
* [[Warren Hymer]] as Gimpy
* [[Robert Cummings]] as Jim
* [[Robert Cummings]] as Jim
* Adrian Morris as Knucks
* [[Adrian Morris (actor)|Adrian Morris]] as Knucks
* [[Roger Gray (actor)|Roger Gray]] as Bath House
* [[Roger Gray (actor)|Roger Gray]] as Bath House
* [[Cecil Cunningham]] as Mrs. Morris
* [[Cecil Cunningham]] as Mrs. Morris
* [[Vera Gordon]] as Mrs. Levins
* [[Vera Gordon]] as Mrs. Levine
* [[Egon Brecher]] as Mr. Levins
* [[Egon Brecher]] as Mr. Levine
* [[Willard Robertson]] as Dayton
* [[Willard Robertson]] as Dayton
* [[Guinn "Big Boy" Williams|Guinn Williams]] as Text
* [[Guinn "Big Boy" Williams|Guinn Williams]] as Text
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* [[Joyce Compton]] as Curly Blonde
* [[Joyce Compton]] as Curly Blonde
* Carol Paige as Torch Singer
* Carol Paige as Torch Singer
{{div col end}}


==Production==
==Production==
William Le Baron of Paramount asked [[Norman Krasna]] if he could come up with a vehicle for George Raft. Krasna agreed provided he was allowed to direct. Then Carole Lombard read the script and wanted to be involved; Krasna says Paramount did not want first-time director Krasna to be entrusted with a Lombard-Raft film and tried to force Krasna off the project.<ref name="pat">*McGilligan, Patrick, "Norman Krasna: The Woolworth's Touch", ''Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age'', University of California Press,1986 p219-220</ref> In 1936 it was reported the film would be delayed because Raft did not want Krasna to direct.<ref>NEWS OF THE SCREEN. (1936, Sep 03). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/101680687?accountid=13902</ref> There was some talk John Howard might replace Raft.<ref>NEWS OF THE SCREEN. (1936, Sep 04). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/101793136?accountid=13902</ref> [[Arline Judge]] was going to star alongside Lombard.<ref>Schallert, E. (1936, Sep 09). GLADYS GEORGE AWARDED LEAD IN "A MAN AND A WOMAN". Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/164713934?accountid=13902</ref> Raft was put on suspension and $24,000 of his salary was withheld.<ref>Special to The New York Times. (1936, Nov 20). News from hollywood. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/101687622?accountid=13902</ref> However the film did not go ahead.
[[William LeBaron]] of Paramount asked [[Norman Krasna]] if he could come up with a vehicle for George Raft. Krasna agreed provided he was allowed to direct. Then [[Carole Lombard]] read the script and wanted to be involved; Krasna says Paramount did not want first-time director Krasna to be entrusted with a Lombard-Raft film and tried to force Krasna off the project.<ref name="pat">*McGilligan, Patrick, "Norman Krasna: The Woolworth's Touch", ''Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age'', University of California Press, 1986, p219-220</ref> In 1936, it was reported the film would be delayed because Raft did not want Krasna to direct.<ref>{{cite news|title=NEWS OF THE SCREEN|date=Sep 3, 1936|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|101680687}}}}</ref> There was some talk [[John Howard (American actor)|John Howard]] might replace Raft.<ref>{{cite news|title=NEWS OF THE SCREEN|date=Sep 4, 1936|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|101793136}}}}</ref> [[Arline Judge]] was going to star alongside Lombard.<ref>{{cite news|author=Schallert, E.|title=GLADYS GEORGE AWARDED LEAD IN "A MAN AND A WOMAN"|date=Sep 9, 1936|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|164713934}}}}</ref> Raft was put on suspension and $24,000 of his salary was withheld.<ref>{{cite news|date=Nov 20, 1936|title=News from hollywood|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|101687622}}}}</ref> However the film did not go ahead.


Then several months later [[B.P. Schulberg]], who was producing a number of films for Paramount, decided to re-activate the project. He replaced Lombard with Sylvia Sidney<ref>Graham, S. (1937, Jan 07). SCHULBERG CASTS SYLVIA SIDNEY IN KRASNA FEATURE. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/164680669?accountid=13902</ref> and the male lead went to [[John Trent]]. [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]] was meant to direct.<ref>NEWS OF THE SCREEN. (1937, Jan 09). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/102070888?accountid=13902</ref>
Then several months later [[B.P. Schulberg]], who was producing films for Paramount, decided to reactivate the project. He replaced Lombard with Sylvia Sidney<ref>{{cite news|author=Graham, S. |date=Jan 7, 1937|title=SCHULBERG CASTS SYLVIA SIDNEY IN KRASNA FEATURE|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|164680669}}}}</ref> and the male lead went to [[John Trent (actor)|John Trent]]. [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]] was meant to direct.<ref>{{cite news|title=NEWS OF THE SCREEN|date=Jan 9, 1937|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|102070888}}}}</ref>


Eventually Raft - who had made a film with Sidney, ''[[The Pick Up]]'' (1933) - did the film. By May 1937 Schulberg was no longer producer and the director was [[Fritz Lang]] who had just made ''[[Fury (1936 film)|Fury]]'' and ''[[You Only Live Once (1937 film)|You Only Live Once]]'' with Sidney.<ref>Schallert, E. (1937, May 14). ORIGINAL FUNSTERS SOUGHT FORI "PIGSKIN PARADE" SEQUELS. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/164728490?accountid=13902</ref>
Eventually Raft—who had made a film with Sidney, ''[[Pick-Up (1933 film)|Pick-Up]]'' (1933)—did the film. By May 1937, Schulberg was no longer producer and the director was [[Fritz Lang]], who had just made ''[[Fury (1936 film)|Fury]]'' and ''[[You Only Live Once (1937 film)|You Only Live Once]]'' with Sidney.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Schallert, E.|title=ORIGINAL FUNSTERS SOUGHT FORI "PIGSKIN PARADE" SEQUELS.|date=May 14, 1937|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|164728490}}}}</ref>


Lang used a musical score from [[Kurt Weill]]. He used it in an expressionistic style.<ref>Scheuer, P. K. (1938, Mar 20). FILM INFORMATION NEWS OF STAGE AND SCREEN NEW OFFERINGS. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/164801160?accountid=13902</ref> Lang says he was influenced by [[Bertolt Brecht]], who had developed a style of theatre called Lehrstucke, theatre that teaches. "I wanted to make a didactic picture teaching the audience that crime doesn't pay," said Lang. "Which is a lie, because crime pays very well. The message was spelled out at the end by Sylvia Sidney on a blackboard to a classroom of crooks.<ref name="fritz">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=%22you+and+me%22+%22fritz+lang%22&source=bl&ots=ehPA1YGNAV&sig=dfvB8ORwIPR3gfKeIcir9eXyvpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdoMCMutfVAhXCKWMKHdJOBqY4KBDoAQglMAA#v=onepage&q=%22you%20and%20me%22%20%22&f=false|page=105|title=Fritz Lang: Interviews|first=Fritz|last=Lang|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|date=2003}}</ref>
Lang used a musical score from [[Kurt Weill]], who "had nothing to do just then". They worked together and Weill composed introductory music for certain scenes. According to Lang, Weill left him "in the lurch" and left the project before the music was finished, and the score was completed by Boris Morros, head of Paramount's music department.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Fritz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&q=%22you+and+me%22+%22fritz+lang%22&pg=PA140|title=Fritz Lang: Interviews|date=2003|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-577-6|language=en}}</ref>


Lang says he was influenced by [[Bertolt Brecht]], who had developed a style of theatre called ''Lehrstucke'', theatre that teaches. "I wanted to make a didactic picture teaching the audience that crime doesn't pay", said Lang. "Which is a lie, because crime pays very well. The message was spelled out at the end by Sylvia Sidney on a blackboard to a classroom of crooks." Lang later said the scene where prisoners were nostalgic for prison was "stupid".<ref name="fritz">{{cite book|last=Lang|first=Fritz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&q=%22you+and+me%22+%22&pg=PA140|title=Fritz Lang: Interviews|date=2003|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578065776|page=105}}</ref>
Lang says Weill "had nothing to do just then." They worked together and Weill composed introductory music for certain scenes. Lang later said the scene where prisoners were nostalgic for prison was "stupid".<ref name="fritz"/>

==Production credits==
* [[Fritz Lang]] - director
* [[Virginia Van Upp]] - screenplay
* [[Norman Krasna]] - story
* [[Charles Lang]] - photography
* [[Hans Dreier]] - art direction
* [[Ernst Fegté]] - art direction
* [[Paul Weatherwax]] - editor
* Harry Lindgren - sound recording
* Walter Oberst - sound recording
* A. E. Freudeman - interior decorations
* [[Boris Morros]] - musical direction
* [[Kurt Weill]] - music
* [[Sam Coslow]] - lyrics
* [[Phil Boutelje]] - musical adviser


==Songs==
==Songs==
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==Reception==
==Reception==
===Box office===
===Box office===
The film was a box office flop.<ref name="raft">Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 77</ref> "It was - I think deservedly - my first real flop," said Lang.<ref name="fritz"/>
The film was a box office flop.<ref name="raft">Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 77</ref> "It was—I think deservedly—my first real flop", said Lang.<ref name="fritz"/>


===Critical===
===Critical===
Jonathan Rosenbaum calls the film "among Lang’s most unjustly neglected Hollywood pictures - not an unqualified success by any means but interesting, imaginative, and genuinely strange."<ref>{{cite web|website=Jonathan Rosenbaum|url=https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1999/02/you-and-me/|title=You and Me|date=February 1999}}</ref>
[[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] described ''You and Me'' as "among Lang's most unjustly neglected Hollywood pictures—not an unqualified success by any means but interesting, imaginative, and genuinely strange."<ref>{{cite web|website=Jonathan Rosenbaum|url=https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1999/02/you-and-me/|title=You and Me|date=February 1999}}</ref>


Lang later called it a "lousy picture".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=%22you+and+me%22+%22fritz+lang%22&source=bl&ots=ehPA1YGNAV&sig=dfvB8ORwIPR3gfKeIcir9eXyvpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdoMCMutfVAhXCKWMKHdJOBqY4KBDoAQglMAA#v=onepage&q=%22you%20and%20me%22%20%22fritz%20lang%22&f=false|page=140|title=Fritz Lang: Interviews|first=|last=Lang|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|year=2003}}</ref>
Lang later called it a "lousy picture".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&q=%22you+and+me%22+%22fritz+lang%22&pg=PA140|page=140|title=Fritz Lang: Interviews|last=Lang|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|year=2003|isbn=9781578065776}}</ref>

''Filmink'' said "it flopped and Raft may as well have done it with Krasna."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/stars-stop-stars-george-raft/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft|date=February 9, 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
*[http://www.kwf.org/pages/ww-you-and-me.html ''You and Me''] at Kurt Weill Foundation
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* {{Amg movie|117952|You and Me}}
*[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-of-the-week-you-and-me Review of film] at [[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]
* {{IMDb title|id=0030996|title=You and Me}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0030996|title=You and Me}}
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/96435/You-and-Me/ ''You and Me''] at [[TCMDB]]
* {{AFI film|id=6368|title=You and Me}}
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* {{TCMDb title|96435|title=You and Me}}

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You and Me
Directed byFritz Lang
Screenplay byVirginia Van Upp
Based onNorman Krasna
(Based on a story by)
Produced byFritz Lang
StarringSylvia Sidney
George Raft
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byPaul Weatherwax
Music byKurt Weill
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • May 29, 1938 (1938-05-29) (Los Angeles-Premiere)
  • June 1, 1938 (1938-06-01) (New York City)
  • June 10, 1938 (1938-06-10) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

You and Me is a 1938 American crime drama/comedy/romance film directed by Fritz Lang. It stars Sylvia Sidney and George Raft as a pair of ex-convicts on parole, working in a department store whose owner, played by Harry Carey, routinely hires former criminals to give them a second chance. It was written by Norman Krasna and Virginia Van Upp.

Plot

Mr. Morris, owner of a large department store, hires offenders released on parole to give them a chance to rehabilitate. The other staff do not know.

Among them is Joe Dennis, who is resigning and leaving for California in order to end his growing friendship with fellow-employee Helen Roberts, as he feels unworthy of her. With his violent past, he does not feel he could marry such a sweet and innocent girl. They spend a last evening together and, as he boards the Greyhound bus, she says that if he did ask to marry her the answer would be yes.

They rush to an instant marriage bureau and then back to her room. The landlady emerges to throw Joe out, but relents when Helen shows her ring. Helen says they must keep the wedding secret, because Mr Morris does not approve of employees marrying each other. In fact he does not mind, but Helen is not allowed to marry while on parole.

When Joe finds a ribboned bundle of what he assumes are love letters in Helen's room, but which are parole cards, he becomes jealous of her past, and meets up for a drink with some criminals from his own. They plan to rob Morris' store at night, and recruit him to join the operation. But one of the gang is sorry for Helen, should Joe end up back in prison, and, trying to disguise his voice on the telephone, encourages her to keep him away that night; but panicking, he fails to cover the telephone properly; she recognizes the voice, deduces why, and warns Morris.

When the robbers break into the store, they are surrounded by armed guards. Morris says he will let them go once they have listened to what Helen has to say. With considerable expertise, she outlines on a blackboard the full costs of the operation they had planned and the meager returns each individual would receive if it had succeeded. Joe is not amused by Helen's role in the affair or by her sophisticated knowledge of heist planning. As he does not offer any reconciliation, she packs her things and disappears.

Joe and his colleagues search all over town, with no leads. From Helen's parole officer, Joe learns that Helen is pregnant and that her marriage was void as it breached her parole conditions. After looking everywhere for her, one of the gang realizes that she'd probably be in a hospital, and finds her. The film ends with their second, but this time valid, marriage.

Cast

Production

William LeBaron of Paramount asked Norman Krasna if he could come up with a vehicle for George Raft. Krasna agreed provided he was allowed to direct. Then Carole Lombard read the script and wanted to be involved; Krasna says Paramount did not want first-time director Krasna to be entrusted with a Lombard-Raft film and tried to force Krasna off the project.[1] In 1936, it was reported the film would be delayed because Raft did not want Krasna to direct.[2] There was some talk John Howard might replace Raft.[3] Arline Judge was going to star alongside Lombard.[4] Raft was put on suspension and $24,000 of his salary was withheld.[5] However the film did not go ahead.

Then several months later B.P. Schulberg, who was producing films for Paramount, decided to reactivate the project. He replaced Lombard with Sylvia Sidney[6] and the male lead went to John Trent. Richard Wallace was meant to direct.[7]

Eventually Raft—who had made a film with Sidney, Pick-Up (1933)—did the film. By May 1937, Schulberg was no longer producer and the director was Fritz Lang, who had just made Fury and You Only Live Once with Sidney.[8]

Lang used a musical score from Kurt Weill, who "had nothing to do just then". They worked together and Weill composed introductory music for certain scenes. According to Lang, Weill left him "in the lurch" and left the project before the music was finished, and the score was completed by Boris Morros, head of Paramount's music department.[9]

Lang says he was influenced by Bertolt Brecht, who had developed a style of theatre called Lehrstucke, theatre that teaches. "I wanted to make a didactic picture teaching the audience that crime doesn't pay", said Lang. "Which is a lie, because crime pays very well. The message was spelled out at the end by Sylvia Sidney on a blackboard to a classroom of crooks." Lang later said the scene where prisoners were nostalgic for prison was "stupid".[10]

Production credits

Songs

  • "Song of the Cash Register"
  • "Knocking Song"
  • "The Right Guy for Me"
  • "Romance of a Lifetime"
  • "The Song of the Lie"
  • "We're the Kind of People Who Sing Lullabies"

Reception

Box office

The film was a box office flop.[11] "It was—I think deservedly—my first real flop", said Lang.[10]

Critical

Jonathan Rosenbaum described You and Me as "among Lang's most unjustly neglected Hollywood pictures—not an unqualified success by any means but interesting, imaginative, and genuinely strange."[12]

Lang later called it a "lousy picture".[13]

Filmink said "it flopped and Raft may as well have done it with Krasna."[14]

References

  1. ^ *McGilligan, Patrick, "Norman Krasna: The Woolworth's Touch", Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age, University of California Press, 1986, p219-220
  2. ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Sep 3, 1936. ProQuest 101680687.
  3. ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Sep 4, 1936. ProQuest 101793136.
  4. ^ Schallert, E. (Sep 9, 1936). "GLADYS GEORGE AWARDED LEAD IN "A MAN AND A WOMAN"". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164713934.
  5. ^ "News from hollywood". New York Times. Nov 20, 1936. ProQuest 101687622.
  6. ^ Graham, S. (Jan 7, 1937). "SCHULBERG CASTS SYLVIA SIDNEY IN KRASNA FEATURE". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164680669.
  7. ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Jan 9, 1937. ProQuest 102070888.
  8. ^ Schallert, E. (May 14, 1937). "ORIGINAL FUNSTERS SOUGHT FORI "PIGSKIN PARADE" SEQUELS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164728490.
  9. ^ Lang, Fritz (2003). Fritz Lang: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-577-6.
  10. ^ a b Lang, Fritz (2003). Fritz Lang: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 105. ISBN 9781578065776.
  11. ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 77
  12. ^ "You and Me". Jonathan Rosenbaum. February 1999.
  13. ^ Lang (2003). Fritz Lang: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 140. ISBN 9781578065776.
  14. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.
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