A strange but enjoyable film, written by Herman Mankiewicz and DeWitt Bodeen from a later 1922 play by Arthur Wing Pinero (who also wrote the fabulously titled 'The Gay Lord Quex'!) It had been filmed before in 1924 with Richard Barthelmess.
The makeup is interesting - Maurice Selderman. I don't quite know what they've done to Dorothy Maguire but she certainly doesn't look unattractive to the point where no young men will approach her, so that's a bit strange. Robert Young looks more straightforwardly damaged. The fact their neighbour Herbert Marshall is blind adds a certain nuance. Mildred Natwick is the housekeeper ("I've always been here..." Oh no, that's another film.)
Well photographed by Ted Tetzlaff. One of Roy Webb's 267 composer credits - he really could score anything. RKO.
With Spring Byington, Hillary Brooke, Richard Gaines.
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