Today We Live
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Today We Live is a 1933 film starring Joan Crawford
, Gary Cooper
, Robert Young
, and Franchot Tone
. The film is based on "Turnabout" by William Faulkner
. Faulkner also provided the dialogue for the film, making it the only film version of his work that Faulkner co-wrote. Joan Crawford's character was added to the film to include a love interest. She met her future husband Franchot Tone on the set of the film. They married two years later.
, Diana Boyce-Smith (Crawford), is an English girl caught in a love triangle
between British Naval Officer, Claude, (Young) and an American fighter pilot, Bogard, (Cooper). Diana believes she is love with Claude, the friend of her brother, Ronnie, (Tone), but experiences true love when meeting Bogard. Claude is unaware of Diana's true feelings for Bogard, and when he is reported missing in action, Ronnie tells Diana that she is not being fair to Claude. Once Bogard comes back unharmed, a rivalry for Diana develops between him and Claude. Once the men each experience one another's branch of service, Claude is blinded in action, just as he realizes Diana and Bogard's true feelings for one another. Diana feels it is her duty to care for Claude, and when a suicide mission comes up, all three men participate, with the outcome being that both Claude and Ronnie die in action. Although, Diana is sad to lose both Ronnie and Claude, she and Bogard are reunited.
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....
, Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
, Robert Young
Robert Young (actor)
Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. .-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young was the son of an Irish immigrant father...
, and Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty and many other films through the 1960s...
. The film is based on "Turnabout" by William Faulkner
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
. Faulkner also provided the dialogue for the film, making it the only film version of his work that Faulkner co-wrote. Joan Crawford's character was added to the film to include a love interest. She met her future husband Franchot Tone on the set of the film. They married two years later.
Plot summary
In World War I, England, dramaDrama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, Diana Boyce-Smith (Crawford), is an English girl caught in a love triangle
Love triangle
A love triangle is usually a romantic relationship involving three people. While it can refer to two people independently romantically linked with a third, it usually implies that each of the three people has some kind of relationship to the other two...
between British Naval Officer, Claude, (Young) and an American fighter pilot, Bogard, (Cooper). Diana believes she is love with Claude, the friend of her brother, Ronnie, (Tone), but experiences true love when meeting Bogard. Claude is unaware of Diana's true feelings for Bogard, and when he is reported missing in action, Ronnie tells Diana that she is not being fair to Claude. Once Bogard comes back unharmed, a rivalry for Diana develops between him and Claude. Once the men each experience one another's branch of service, Claude is blinded in action, just as he realizes Diana and Bogard's true feelings for one another. Diana feels it is her duty to care for Claude, and when a suicide mission comes up, all three men participate, with the outcome being that both Claude and Ronnie die in action. Although, Diana is sad to lose both Ronnie and Claude, she and Bogard are reunited.