Film Forum

(1936, Archie Mayo) World-weary poet Leslie Howard meets starry-eyed Bette Davis at an Arizona “Bar-B-Q,” then Duke Mantee’s gang drops in. Humphrey Bogart recreated his stage Mantee at Howard’s demand. Sherwood called his play “an interesting fossil for future study—Homo Semi-Americanus.” 35mm. Approx. 82 min.