Charles Brackett's fabulous weepie, co-written with Jacques Théry. Olivia de Havilland won her first Oscar as the aged anti-social spinster and her younger self, dealing with baby born to dead flyer father. She's great. Apart from Roland Culver, and John Lund, most of cast unknown. Mary Anderson is the friend who adopts the baby, Phillip Terry her husband. Griff Barnett the father, Victoria Horne the nurse, Virginia Welles (the son's fiancee), Frank Faylen, Bill Goodwin (bootlegger), Willard Robertson.
Photographed by Daniel L Fapp, score by Victor Young. Paramount.
Film provides definition of audience-pleasing finale. We loved it.
Mitch had to warn the crew that O de H was in makeup so they wouldn't think she'd gone to seed. I wonder if she should have launched a perfume brand 'Eau de Hache' (or whatever 'H' is in French - try Googling that one).
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