Shining Hour, The [DVD] Sport and brains don't help a

and brains don't help a girl much

Beatrice Arthur and Jerry Herman's smashing Broadway score add pizazz

Instead of putting up with the normal routine of school

The only trouble is that the murderer is playing too ' for keeps

Shining Hour, The [DVD] Sport and brains don't help aWhen Joan Crawford saw The Shining Hour on stage, she pleaded with the studio to let her spread her acting wings in the film version. She got her wish, playing a New York siren who marries a prosperous farmer (Melvyn Douglas) and moves to Wisconsin. There she is drawn to his handsome brother (Robert Young), even as she befriends the brother's selfless wife (Margaret Sullavan, Crawford's choice for the role). The passionate triangle plays out in the