Adventure

Odd, lurching film packs enough dizzying plot points into its prologue to satisfy five movies; becomes more enjoyable once it settles down into the not-quite screwball romance between Garson and Gable, who are well matched but struggle with the slapdash, sprawling story-telling (with one shot clearly meant to invoke Fleming's own GWTW!) Ultimately fun enough to watch these two at work, but the film itself is a lumpy, unsatisfying mess.

Clark Gable's grand comeback after his WWII service. A 2-hour long romance with Greer Garson. Not exactly beautiful romance. More a sailor vs librarian mental brawl. In a way it mocks Hollywood's own idea of screen romance and makes it kinda ugly and disappointing. And that's what makes this Adventure (1945) so much fun.