Product Details

• Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick, Spring Byington
• Directors: John Cromwell
• Format: NTSC, Black & White, HiFi Sound
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0011XJTK2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,034 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else. Written by Daniel Bubbeo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, romantic and unusual love story, September 26, 2008

By	R. Hogan "Old Film Buff" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This film is one of the most unusual and touching romances ever filmed. The movie will carry you away into a romantic fantasy where you will be touched by the heartfelt story. Just a simple, yet beautiful film.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet People, Profound Message, February 9, 2009

By	Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This was a nice, short fairy tale-type romance with truly nice people in the leads: Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire. One of the best features of this film, to me, was listening to McGuire's soft, sweet feminine voice. It certainly went with the nice, compassionate character she played in this movie ("Laura Pennington").

Robert Young, as "Oliver Bradford," also is very good in here and Herbert Marshall is outstanding as the blind neighbor, "Major John Hillgrove." The annoying character was played by Spring Byington but her "Violet Price" role was small.

This is the story of a plain woman and a battle-scarred World War II pilot who meet at this cottage, fall in love, see each other as beautiful thinking that some mystical power at the cottage and transformed their faces, but in the end find out they haven't changed at all. They find out that love changed they way they looked at each other. Sounds corny, but a lot of profound truth to it.

I read one famous critic write that this film could have been better. Well, I don't doubt it, but you could say that about most movies. I have no complaints with it, except that it is still not out on DVD.