One of the most romantic films ever to be produced. Photo Courtesy of http://www.en.wikipedia.org/ |
TCM: A woman's happiness is threatened when she discovers that her husband has been suffering from amnesia.
I have started and stopped this film so many times that I've lost count on the attempts of me actually trying to watch it. It is with my greatest pleasure, however, that I am now able to say that I have watched it from beginning to end, though my hand twitched to pause it, walk away, and swear to myself that I would finish it another day.
I'm glad that I didn't.
I have started and stopped this film so many times that I've lost count on the attempts of me actually trying to watch it. It is with my greatest pleasure, however, that I am now able to say that I have watched it from beginning to end, though my hand twitched to pause it, walk away, and swear to myself that I would finish it another day.
I'm glad that I didn't.
Dr. Jonathan Benet and Smith. Photo Courtesy of http://www.classicfilmguide.com/ |
Though this is technically my second Ronald Colman picture, it is my first where he is, quite irrevocably, the leading man . . . and what a leading man! I don't know much about Ronald Colman due to my lack of watching his films, but it is with this picture and doing a little research on him that I can safely say that he deserved to be a well-loved leading man in the 1930s through the 40s. I read a quote once saying that Coleman was the one person that could make Cary Grant look pedestrian . . . while I think that might be going too far (a biased opinion), I will say that Ronald certainly does give Cary a run for his money.
Beautiful and quite haunting in my opinion. Photo Courtesy of http://www.blog.bearstrong.net/ |
Smith: Lost in more ways than one. Photo Courtesy of http://www.actoroscar.blogspot.com/ |
Meet Paula. Photo Courtesy of http://www.allstarpics.net/ |
Paula and Smith. Photo Courtesy of http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/ |
'Tis all but a dream. Photo Courtesy of http://www.classicmoviesdigest.blogspot.com/ |
So close, yet so far away. Photo Courtesy of http://www.classicmoviesdigest.blogspot.com/ |
A little sense of déjà vu. Photo Courtesy of http://www.whoopsy-daisy.forumactif.org/ |
Paula and Smithy together again. Photo Courtesy of http://www.meredy.com/ |
2 comments:
You've written a very thoughtful review of this movie. It's not one of my faves, but you've convinced me to give it another try. :)
A wonderfully written and insightful review of a film, the message of which, as you so very well summarise,"When all else is gone in the world, hope is left." One's true identity, and finding one's way back to it, is well worth fighting for, and indeed as you mention, it often takes love to conquer all obstacles in its path. How can this "dreamlike", yet "haunting" film not rank as a serious favourite? Great stills round out a review that already also ranks as a serious favourite of mine! Many, many thanks!
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