The Iron Mistress (MOD) "$50 - $70"

The Iron Mistress (MOD) "$50 - $70"Jim Bowie is learning the courtly ways of 1825 Southern society. He's wearing only the finest suits and cravats. Proving himself in business and at the gaming table. And should the occasion call, keeping handy the specially made blade tempered with meteorite steel that would make his name forever a part of American lore. Yet despite Bowie's prowess in a world of dandies and ruffians, he may be overmatched in the ways of the heart: he's fallen for

saving scores from prison-time and death row

Their dialogue zings with Pre-Code sauciness

one of many fine performances elicited by noted director John Cromwell ("Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Despite public support for the bloody methods of The Elite

Kay Francis

Sleeping with the Enemy) discovers the secret of life - how to create a perfect man - powerful

turned out in the 19305

Twenty years after World War II has ended

who also wooed Taylor in the same year's Life with Father)

a bumbling heir to a large fortune

perhaps the most memorable of several film adaptations of Franz Lehar's operetta

who also battled Mike Henry's Tarzan in Tarzan and the Great River)