Today We Live

Today We Live
VHS cover
Directed by	Howard Hawks Richard Rosson
Produced by	Howard Hawks
Written by	Story & Dialogue: William Faulkner Screenplay: Edith Fitzgerald Dwight Taylor
Starring	Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Robert Young Franchot Tone
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Editing by	Edward Curtiss
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	April 14, 1933 (US)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Plot summary

In World War I, England, drama, 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 he 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's 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.

External links

Today We Live at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Howard Hawks

1920s	The Road to Glory • Fig Leaves • The Cradle Snatchers • Paid to Love • A Girl in Every Port • Fazil • The Air Circus • Trent's Last Case

1930s	The Dawn Patrol • The Criminal Code • La Foule hurle • Scarface • The Crowd Roars • Tiger Shark • Today We Live • The Prizefighter and the Lady • Viva Villa! • Twentieth Century • Barbary Coast • Ceiling Zero • Sutter's Gold • The Road to Glory • Come and Get It • Bringing Up Baby • Only Angels Have Wings

1940s	His Girl Friday • Sergeant York • Ball of Fire • Air Force • To Have and Have Not • The Big Sleep • Red River • A Song Is Born • I Was a Male War Bride

1950s	The Thing from Another World • The Big Sky • Monkey Business • O. Henry's Full House • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • Land of the Pharaohs • Rio Bravo

1960s	Hatari! • Man's Favorite Sport? • Red Line 7000 • El Dorado

1970s	Rio Lobo

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