The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
44 audience votes
Key crew
- George CukorDirector
- Howard EstabrookScreenplay
- Harry Wagstaff GribbleScreenplay
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John BarrymoreHilary Fairfield
- Billie BurkeMeg Fairfield
- David MannersKit Humphreys
- Katharine HepburnSydney Fairfield
- Paul CavanaghGray Meredith
- Henry StephensonDoctor Alliot
- Gayle EversBassett
- Elizabeth PattersonAunt Hester Fairfield
- Bramwell FletcherGareth
- Dick FrenchParty Guest
- Julie HaydonParty Guest
- Dennis O'KeefeParty Guest
Stills
Themes
insanitylunatic asylumdivorceinherited diseasepre-codefather daughter relationship