gamay9 Hedy Lamarr didn't move from Austria to Hollywood to make money and achieve fame, although her parents persuaded her to engage in the performing arts industry. Perhaps, because she was not as 'industrious' as some actresses, she could be convincing on film without much effort. Hedy didn't have to try to be beautiful, she was a natural. Hedy's female co-star, Bonita Granville was a petite little blonde (5' tall) who had a figure that would be appreciated in film today where women don't wear girdles. same with Hedy....she had a beautiful butt.Hedy was a scientist first, a movie star second. She did almost as much for the WWII allied effort as Golda Meir did for Israel, raising millions in war bonds. Hedy was still young and in demand in Hollywood when she retired. Do I wish I was born longer ago and could have met Hedy? Of course, although, being born in 1941 on Pearl Harbor Day,I am lucky to be alive during the 'electronic age' which fits nicely into my demeanor. As for the film....any movie starring Hedy Lamarr is a good movie.

CCsito The movie involves the bittersweet flashbacks of Harry Pulham who is raised in a rich family environment in Boston in pre-World War II. A Harvard college reunion event triggers his past memories of his life starting back when he was a little boy. After graduating from college, he takes a advertising position in New York despite the disapproval of his parents. It is there that he meets a fellow worker (Hedy Lamarr) who he develops a strong attraction to and they eventually fall in love. Their social status background proves to be an impediment to their future plans to be married after Harry's father dies and he is left in charge of the household. Harry later marries another childhood acquaintance who broke off her engagement to another suitor. Harry and his former fellow coworker remain in love with each other despite the 20 years that passed after their split with each other. The movie deals with Harry's conflicting thoughts on whether he made the right choice to reject Marvin (his former lover) and to marry his wife. In the end, both lovers realize that they cannot go back to the past and continue with their lives as it is. The movie gives one some thoughts on decisions that we make in life and many questions on "what if?".Very good performances by the entire cast - Robert Young as Harry, Hedy Lamarr as Marvin, Ruth Hussey as Harry's wife, Charles Coburn as the father, Van Heflin as Harry's friend, and many other supporting cast members.I think the one weak spot in the movie for me was the breakup scene between Harry and Marvin which seemed too quick and not with much emotion. However, it is still a very well portrayed and emotionally strong presentation. This was definitely one of Hedy Lamarr's best performances.

FERNANDO SILVA What a remarkable movie! It contains, as far as I've seen her, Hedy Lamarr's best performance ever...she's luminous here, human, warm, heart-wrenching, not the aloof goddess of other MGM films (which I like too, by the way). She gives a complex, multi-layered performance as a liberal, independent, unprejudiced, modern working woman who falls in love with a lad (grandly impersonated by Robert Young) who comes from an aristocratic, old fashioned, "blue-blood" family from Boston.They meet while working together in an advertising/publicity company, but their relationship is not an easy one, due to Marvin's (Hedy) unease with his family's morals, mores and ways...The movie is told in flashback, with Harry Pulham (Robert Young) remembering his childhood and younger days, when he's well into his forties and married to a woman of his same "Social Circle" (Ruth Hussey-what a good actress she was, giving a first-rate performance in a role so different from the one she played the previous year in "The Philadelphia Story").You can tell this movie was directed by a first rate director like King Vidor, who could handle so well "sociological" issues.Good performances too by Van Heflin as Young's pal, Bonita Granville as his sister, Charles Coburn as his father et al.An engrossing film, watch it on TCM, where it's scheduled regularly.

jaykay-10 Though dealing primarily with an upper-class character, this picture involves decisions and emotional conflicts that everyone can relate to. The bittersweet story reminds us that to a greater or lesser extent we all settle for something less than the life we dreamed of. On the surface, the characters here are happy: they say they are, and they mean it. But beneath that surface are disappointment and longing that they keenly feel when the past is recalled. Better not to think about it, and just go on with the life you have.Hedy Lamarr was a curious choice for this role. It doesn't really suit her, but she handles it better than one might expect.