The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
31 audience votes
Key crew
- John CromwellDirector
- DeWitt BodeenWriter
- Herman J. MankiewiczWriter
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- Herman J. MankiewiczScreenplay
Cast
- Dorothy McGuireLaura Pennington
- Robert YoungOliver Bradford
- Herbert MarshallMajor John Hillgrove
- Mildred NatwickMrs. Abigail Minnett
- Spring ByingtonViolet Price
- Hillary BrookeBeatrice Alexander
- Richard GainesFrederick 'Freddy' Price
- Alec EnglanderDanny 'Taxi' Stanton
- Robert ClarkeMarine Corporal
- Eden NicholasSoldier
- Rusty FarrellMildred (uncredited)
- Wally AlbrightCast
Stills
Themes
suicide attempttransformationseclusionenchantmentbased on play or musicalcottagemaidkindnessnew englanddisfigured facewar injurytold in flashback