Saratoga (1937)

★ 6.4 1h 32m IMDb

A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Saratoga

Where to Watch

Netflix Netflix
Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video
Disney Plus Disney Plus
Max Max
HBO Max HBO Max
Hulu Hulu
Paramount Plus Paramount Plus
Apple TV Plus Apple TV Plus
Peacock Peacock
Showtime Showtime
Starz Starz
Paramount+ with Showtime Paramount+ with Showtime

Rent / Buy

Rent

Apple TV Apple TV
Google Play Movies Google Play Movies
Amazon Video Amazon Video
YouTube YouTube
Vudu Vudu
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home

Buy

Apple TV Apple TV
Google Play Movies Google Play Movies
Amazon Video Amazon Video
YouTube YouTube
Vudu Vudu
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home

Cast

Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow as Carol Clayton Died 1937 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s a...
Clark Gable
Clark Gable as Duke Bradley Died 1960 · Cadiz, Ohio, USA William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all-time. His most famous role was...
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa Clayton Died 1954 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor fo...
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan as Jesse Kiffmeyer Died 1949 · New York City, New York, USA Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz. His older brother Ralph Morgan was also...
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon as Hartley Madison Died 1984 · Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor who lived most of his adult life in the United States. He starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs. Miniver, T...
Una Merkel
Una Merkel as Fritzi Kiffmeyer Died 1986 · Covington, Kentucky, USA Southerner Una Merkel was a popular American stage, screen, and television actress. In movies, while often cast as the female lead, she more typically appeared in prominent supporting roles..

Audience Reviews

barrymost 3/10 Jan 19, 2020
A sadly unfitting swan Song for Jean Harlow.

Plot in a nutshell: Romantic comedy concerning the relationship between a sly bookie and a horse breeder's snobbish daughter.

Comments: The good cast tries hard to make this work, but ultimately, the material is far beneath its stars. While slightly amusing at times, on the whole it is a pretty boring film.

Some morbid trivia surrounds the film. First of all, Jean Harlow died two-thirds of the way through production, and had to be doubled in part of the latter half of the movie. The doubling is clumsily handled, as you can clearly tell when it's not her.

Secondly, shortly after Jean Harlow's death, Lionel Barrymore tripped over a cable that was carelessly left lying about, and broke his hip for the second time, resulting in his being confined to a wheelchair.

Harlow's death made the film one of the year's biggest moneymakers, but it undoubtedly would not have been nearly as successful without her demise.

The end result is rather sad, really. If only these actors could have suffered for the sake of a good film!

"Say, we got more dead horses on this place than live ones!" ~Grandpa Clayton (Lionel Barrymore)

Similar Movies