Pittsburgh (1942)

In the 1920s, two ambitous coalminers become businessmen and are in love with the same woman. One of them is ruthless whereas the other is socially conscious; their differences eventually separate them.

This one didn't go down well with me, for reasons that are not exactly clear. Perhaps it was the inconsistency of the 'Josie Winters' character, who is made to look upper class in the beginning and then is shown to be just disguising as such, although she does have upper class manners and dress throughout the movie. Or, perhaps, I was bothered by the contrivances imposed by the war effort. Or maybe it was an unconscious deja vu feeling caused by the fact that the plot is similar to Boom Town (1940) (I didn't actually remember it, but was made aware of that fact by TV Guide and also by an IMDB user who identifies himself as Ted-C and complains that no professional reviewer noticed it, well the one on TV Guide did, though I do not know the review's date).

Rating: 31