Inimitable, unique actors, settings and plot, this is one old movie that could not be remade. Oscar winner Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery shine as distinctly unglamorous, lower class types and an ingenue, Dorothy Jordan, who ended her career with major roles in three of John Ford's best movies. The redemptive power of parenthood is a powerful theme, driven home effectively by the moving conclusion that follows much comic exaggeration. The yearnings of a young person to break the mold of obedient servitude also strikes a chord, especially in bleak 1930. It's the best collaboration of writer Frances Marion with her husband, director George Hill.
Review of Min and Bill
