It's all very sad and it's left until the very last minute for us to find out whether love will conquer all. It was an American production but was set in England (as viewed by Americans) so penniless people have no trouble finding a warm and cosy cottage in the deep midwinter and all their neighbours are luvverly. And there's amazing scene in the middle of the film where Garson's appearance in a new guise comes as both a shock and a delight. Look away now if you don't like sentimental stories because this weepie raises sentimentality to an art form, with Ronald Colman and a luminous Greer Garson exceeding themselves as the World War I veteran who has lost his memory and sense of identity being 'adopted' by showgirl Carson and finding a satisfying new life with her, only for. One of the best movies I have ever seen, and with a great print to show it at its best. Enjoy the movie, I cheered at the end - my wife thinks I'm nuts. There is also an audio only Lux Radio Theatre adaption starring Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson and a Garson trailer gallery. One is, "Don't Talk," about the dangers of careless talk during wartime and, "Marines in the Making," showing the training of American marines. I'm referring to the American region one version when I say that there are some curious extras in the form of two shorts of the time. Incidently, it's the only one where Greer garson shows her legs - and what nice legs they are! The print is superb, you'd think it was filmed yesterday. This may have been able to happen in 1918 but it is highly unlikely that events would unfold in this way in today's society. We were a different breed of people in those days. The movie is all the more refreshing because of it. There is a dignity about this film, first at the start when Smithy struggles with his plight and later when Paula uses restraint in not telling him who she is that is reminiscent of the stiff upper lip days. She looks after him tenderly and lovingly and he recovers from the speech problem he has but not his memory loss. She meets him in a tobacconist's shop where he is about to be reported for escaping from the nearby asylum and takes him away. His demeanour of confusion and helplessness makes you want to reach out to him and we are thankful when Greer Garson does. The look of disapointment and quiet acceptance that he does not BELONG to anyone is so loaded with pathos that it is hard to hold back a tear. The scene early on in the film where a man and wife looking for their son is brought in to meet him to see if he is theirs is heartrending. Ronald Coleman is excellent as the man who has lost his memory because of the horrors of war. I like the occasional love story and this is one of the better ones. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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