12019-02-04T19:08:16+00:004.x3 Magnificent Obsession1Magnificent Obsession (1935)plain2019-02-04T19:08:16+00:00During the transition-to-sound period, filmmakers used the long take as an alternative to multicamera filmmaking. After the return to single-camera filmmaking, the long take remained a viable option throughout the 1930s, as in the films of Edmund Goulding and George Cukor. Here, John Stahl stages an understated three-minute take for the 1935 version of The Magnificent Obsession.