Specialty CollectionGenre: FEATURE FILMS
Description: IRENE DUNNE, CHARLES BOYER, MARIA OUSPENSKAYA, LEE BOWMAN, ASTRID ALLWYN, MAURICE MOSCOVICH, SCOTTY BECKETT, BESS FLOWERS, HAROLD MILLER, JOAN LESLIE, DELL HENDERSON, CAROL HUGHES, FERIKE BOROS, FRANK MCGLYNN, SR., OSCAR O'SHEA, TOM DUGAN, LLOYD INGRAHAM, LEYLAND HODGSON, PHYLLIS KENNEDY, GERALD MOHR. A ROMANTIC COMEDY-DRAMA THAT DEFTLY MIXES HUMOR WITH PATHOS, PASSION, AND ENNUI, AND TAKES US ON AN EMOTIONAL VOYAGE THAT NEVER FAILS TO PLEASE. BOYER IS ENGAGED TO ALLWYN AND DUNNE IS ENGAGED TO BOWMAN WHEN THE TWO MEET ONBOARD SHIP AND THE ATTRACTION IS INSTANT. IN THE CASE OF THEIR AMOURS, THEY LIKE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TO MARRY BUT THERE IS NO DEEP-SEATED LOVE. BOWMAN AND ALLWYN ARE BOTH WEALTHY AND WOULD MAKE EXCELLENT SPOUSES YET IS THAT ENOUGH? EVIDENTLY NOT. BOYER AND DUNNE FLIRT, THEN REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT MERELY A SHIPBOARD FLING, THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER. THEY RESOLVE TO MEET IN SIX MONTHS, AT THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. IF BOTH STILL FEEL THE WAY THEY DO NOW, THEY'LL JETTISON THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOUSES-TO-BE AND REACTIVATE THEIR FIRES. THE MONTHS PASS AND DUNNE HAS A BIT OF LUCK WORKING AS A NIGHTCLUB SINGER WHILE BOYER IS CONTENT TO BIDE HIS TIME AS A PAINTER. NEITHER HAS MARRIED AND BOTH COUNT THE DAYS UNTIL THEY MEET AGAIN. ON THE WAY TO THE WAY TO THE BUILDING, DUNNE IS HURT IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE PERMANTLY CRIPPLED. SHE DOESN'T WANT BOYER TO FEEL SORRY FOR HER SO SHE DOESN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. BOYER WAITS AT THE RENDEZVOUS FOR HOURS THEN LEAVES, THINKING SHE MUST HAVE MARRIED BOWMAN. WHEN THEY ARE FINALLY REUNITED BY CHANCE, HE UNDERSTANDS HER MOTIVES IN STAYING AWAY AND HE FEELS DEEP IN HIS HEART THAT HE CAN HELP HER WALK AGAIN. AS BOYER'S MOTHER IS DYING, DUNNE UNDERPLAYS HER FAREWELL TO THE OLD WOMAN AND BOYER CAN'T HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE TO HER. IN THE PHILADELPHIA NIGHTCLUB SCENE, DUNNE GETS TO WARBLE SING MY HEART AND WHEN SHE BRIEFLY WORKS AT AN ORPHANAGE, WE HEAR WISHING AS DONE BY THE TYKES. GERALD MOHR AND JOAN LESLIE.
