No Man of Her Own (1932 film)

No Man of Her Own is a 1932 American PreCode romantic drama starring Clark Gable and Carole Lombard as a married couple in their only film together, several years before their own legendary marriage in real life. The movie was directed by Wesley Ruggles, and originated as an adaptation of No Bed of Her Own, a 1932 novel by Val Lewton, but ended up based more on a story by Benjamin Glazer and Edmund Goulding, although it retained the title it got from Lewtons novel. It is not related to the 1950 film of the same name.

Marion Davies is ultimately responsible for this film being made, as she encouraged MGM to make a trade of Gable for Bing Crosby, who was the only person she wanted for her next project, which became Going Hollywood 1933. Multimillionaire William Randolph Hearst, Davies love interest and her partner in a production company, convinced MGMs Louis B. Mayer to make the deal, so Gable was sent to Paramount to work on a project of his choice until Crosby was finished with his picture with Davies. Gable looked over the available properties, and the only one that interested him was the script for No Man of Her Own, which had originally been slated for George Raft.The original treatment of Val Lewtons novel 1932 novel No Bed of Her Own, which was the early working title for the film as well, was written by Austin Parker, who also wrote the first screenplay. Because of concerns expressed by the censors at the Hays Office, Paramount purchased in August 1932 another story, Here Is My Heart not the same as the 1934 Bing Crosby film, also released by Paramount, to use to soften the piece. The film was originally to have been directed by James Flood. ........

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