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6.2/10 • 19

1935-09-081h 46m

RomanceDrama

Crowds just cannot get enough of the most appealing love story ever filmed!

Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.

Directors
Sidney Franklin
Editors
Sherman Todd

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  1. Fredric March

    Fredric March

    Alan Trent

  2. Merle Oberon

    Merle Oberon

    Kitty Vane

  3. Herbert Marshall

    Herbert Marshall

    Gerald Shannon

  4. Janet Beecher

    Janet Beecher

    Mrs. Shannon

  5. John Halliday

    John Halliday

    Sir George Barton

  6. Henrietta Crosman

    Henrietta Crosman

    Granny Vane

  7. Frieda Inescort

    Frieda Inescort

    Ann West

  8. Claud Allister

    Claud Allister

    Lawrence Bidley

  9. Cora Sue Collins

    Cora Sue Collins

    Kitty as a Child

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CinemaSerf

Feb 16, 2024

6/10

Despite having quite a solid cast, I found this wartime drama drifted just once too often into the realms of sentimentality and I found it quiet heavy going at times. It's all about a love triangle. "Kitty" (Merle Oberon) has long since been friends with "Alan" (Fredric March) and "Gerald" (Herbert Marshall) and everyone knows it's from this pair that she shall pick her husband. With the Great War looming, she alights on "Alan" and their friend accepts her decision and off they go to fight. This is where we discover that all is not quite as civil as outwardly appears as "Gerald" sends his friend on a perilous mission that could change the dynamic of the three - permanently! The story is a bit thin and slightly predictable, but Oberon turns in an engaging effort as the never entirely content "Kitty". Herbert Marshall could always be relied upon to deliver a solid if never especially characterful role, and again he does that competently enough here - especially as the film develops towards it's denouement, and though March features a bit less frequently, he has a presence on screen that helps create quite an effective atmosphere when his character, indeed all of their characters, find they are treading on egg shells. Alfred Newman, again another safe pair of hands, has scored this nicely and the film has a gentle nostalgic value to it that's worth watching, it's just not great.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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