Susan and God (1940) on Netflix
Susan Trexel comes home from Europe devoted to a new religious movement. Her husband, Barrie, drinks, and their daughter, Blossom, is sent between boarding school and summer camp.
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- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb5.9/101,570 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes40%
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Plot summary
The marriage of Barrie and Susan Trexel has been in name only for some time. Susan, a wealthy New York socialite, has given her family little thought, Barrie has taken to drink, and their teenaged daughter, Blossom, is sent back and forth between boarding school and summer camp. Susan returns from a vacation in Europe devoted to a new religious movement and sets out to spread its teachings among her friends, lecturing the guests at the country house of Irene Burroughs. Barrie finds her there and asks for another chance for Blossom's sake, promising Susan the divorce she wants if he takes another drink.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Susan and God (1940)
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- On June 7, 1938, an excerpt from Susan and God was the first Broadway play with its original cast to be broadcast on television; station W2XBS used exact replicas of the stage sets, with Gertrude Lawrence among those appearing on the broadcast.
- The film was intended as a vehicle for Norma Shearer, but the star refused to play the role of a mother with a teenage daughter; Greer Garson was considered for the role before it went to Joan Crawford.
- Rachel Crothers' play was reportedly inspired by Dr. Frank Buchman's Oxford Group, a religious movement of the 1930s.
