Sadie McKee

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Sadie McKee is a 1934 movie, directed by Clarence Brown and starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone and Edward Arnold.

Sadie McKee
Directed by	Clarence Brown
Produced by	Lawrence Weingarten
Written by	Viña Delmar John Meehan
Starring	Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Edward Arnold
Music by	Nacio Herb Brown
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Editing by	Hugh Wynn
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s)	May 9, 1934
Language	English
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Sadie McKee (Joan Crawford) is the good-hearted and strong daughter of the cook for the wealthy Anderson family. Michael Anderson (Franchot Tone) flirts with Sadie, but she loves poor Tommy (Gene Raymond) and runs off with him to New York to get married. Unfortunately, Tommy dumps her for the lively showgirl Dolly: left alone in the big city, Sadie must work hard and struggle her way through. She becomes involved with Michael's boss, millionaire Jack Brennan (Edward Arnold) and marries him. The marriage is very unhappy, since Brennan is a chronically alcoholic and abuses her. Viewing Sadie as a shameless golddigger, Michael despises her. But good Sadie manages to help her husband beat his alcoholism and become a better man. Later, she leaves him when she finds out Tommy, his lover Dolly having deserted him, is mortally sick: Sadie conforts him on his deathbed. At the end, Michael finally sees all Sadie's good qualities and they end up together: after all her sufferings, Sadie has finally found happiness.

Sadie McKee is the perfect vehicle for MGM star Joan Crawford and the typical plot line for the America of the Great Depression years: the story of the determined girl who, despite all her miseries and thanks to her hard work, reaches wealthiness and love was a much beloved theme of those days.