Forsaking All Others is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery. The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which was based upon a 1933 play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett.In this "comedy of errors", three friends of long standing are involved in a love triangle lasting many years.Forsaking All Others is the sixth of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable.