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Sep 4, 2020 · Westward Passage is unceasingly aggravating, charmless, racist, braindead garbage. It’s a film whose whole point is to make you feel as stupid and helpless as the characters you’re watching. What the hell were these people thinking.
Westward Passage is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and starring Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, ZaSu Pitts and Irving Pichel. [2] The screenplay concerns a woman who falls in love and marries, but soon discovers how unpleasant her new husband is. [3]
Westward Passage: Directed by Robert Milton. With Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel. A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
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- Drama, Romance
- Robert Milton
A rich woman encounters her first husband during a WESTWARD PASSAGE across the Atlantic. RKO Studios joined the lovely Ann Harding and the dynamic young Laurence Olivier in this rather pedestrian little soap opera, which gains its main distinction from its casting.
Westward Passage (1932 - b/w) - Routine period drama with Olivier. Review by Michael_Elliott ★★½. A great cast highlights this rather uneven mix of drama, romance and comedy, which is mainly remembered today for featuring Laurence Olivier is one of his first starring roles in America.
- Robert Milton
- RKO Pathé Pictures
Reviews of Westward Passage. PreCode drawing room comedy where Laurence Olivier (in his early talkie Hollywood leading man period) gives a strenuously superficial performance as a self-centered author determined to remarry his ex-wife (Ann Harding, a skilled performer of this material).
Adapted from Margaret Ayer Barnes' novel Westward Passage, the film was criticized for its lack of logical progression and thematic development when compared to the novel. Olivier's brash delivery and mannerisms garnered mixed reviews, and the critical reception largely delayed the mainstream success Olivier would garner in later films.
