Susan and God

Susan and God is a 1940 comedydrama film released by MetroGoldwynMayer starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was written by Anita Loos and was based upon a 1937 play by Rachel Crothers. The supporting cast features Rita Hayworth and Nigel Bruce.

Susan Joan Crawford, a flighty society matron, returns from Europe earlier than expected waxing enthusiastic about a new religious movement. She is estranged from her intelligent and sensitive husband, Barrie Fredric March who has been driven to drink by his wifes insensitivity and she has neglected her introverted and maladjusted daughter, Blossom Rita Quigley. Barrie tries to meet her boat as it arrives in New York City, but she avoids him and absconds to the country home of her friend, Irene Burroughs Rose Hobart.While at the house, her fervor and sermonizing alienates friends Hutchie and Leonora Nigel Bruce and Rita Hayworth by insisting Leonara leave her elderly husband and return to the stage. Susan also insults Irene by telling her that shes unsuited for her lover, Mike Bruce Cabot. While they all blow off Susans musings, it sticks with them and Barrie comes to the house and begs for forgiveness. He asks her to give him another chance for the sake of their daughter Blossom, and offers to grant finally Susan the divorce she seeks if he takes another drink. Susan consents and agrees to spend the summer with the family, thus making Blossom very happy. At first, Barrie is taken in by Susans new passion, believing it is a sign of maturity, but he suffers disappointment when he realizes it is simply another manifestation of her shallowness. Gradually, Susan begins to understand the pain she has caused her family and determines to put her own house in order before meddling in the lives of others. ........

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