![]() Starring two British born actors, Greer Garson and Ronald Colman, they are perfect together on the screen. The rest of the story is so well known, there is no need for me to repeat it here. Then as a result of an accident, the previous three years of his life is completely forgotten. On Armistice Day, he meets a music hall singer, falls in love, marries her and has a son. ![]() it is a classic love story of a British army officer who has lost his memory whilst serving in the trenches of World War 1. ![]() Nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture in 1943. Made about the same time as that other classic romance "Now Voyager" this has certainly stood the test of time. at their best with wonderful lead performances and excellent production values and if you're in the right mood for it a wonderful story. So in conclusion the movie is an excellent example M.G.M. As for the film itself it begins with a very downbeat scene set in a asylum, but there then follows a very romantic sentimental story but due to the excellent performances of the leads it is an affecting tale if you're in the mood for this kind of film. was known for the depth of it's acting talent so even small roles are filled with fine actors, Greer Garson was at the height of her popularity when this film was made and she makes for an excellent suffering leading lady and Ronald Coleman is very sympathetic as the damaged hero essentially his role is two separate performances one unsure of himself and the confident millionaire politician he seemed to make a speciality of these dual roles for example in the original 'Prisoner Of Zenda' and 'A Double Life' for which he won the Oscar. The performances are all very good M.G.M. studio at it's finest, it is beautifully made, the camera work and design are a magnificent example of the high gloss style for which the studio was justly famous. Now for the film it is an example of the M.G.M. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.įirstly this is a Korean import so the information on the back is in Korean and there are Korean subtitles but these are easy to get rid off, you just go into the language section and select no subtitles. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, 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’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the 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. So at the end of the day the performance itself is a little lopsided-one half that's really well acted and really touching, and another half (or perhaps more than a half?) that's really unremarkable.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. It's a shame, but I understand that that is how the story is and I can't quite imagine Colman elevating the latter half of the material any more than it was. It's all pretty standard from then on out, there's not much to require of Colman (save for one nice scene with Susan Peters) and he's pretty much just lollygagging about through everyday business without being able to show any signs of a fascinating individual at all whatsoever. He goes back to being Charles Rainer, wealthy Englishman (because they're always wealthy), and from then on.nothing. I loved him in that first act, as Garson is taking care of him and watching out for him, a kind of gender role reversal if you will. ![]() His delivery of "I'd have liked to belong to them" is so sweet and innocent and tragic-gone is that larger-than-life English charisma he vividly displays in Bulldog and Condemned, and instead I was taken by him because he's so different, so distressed and vulnerable. I enjoyed that he didn't overdo the Smithy's odd "asylum" handicap-it could have easily been a caricature but Colman's acting is such that it all came out alright. He loses that palpable charm for much of the act, instead creating such a gentle, fragile man. Colman is spectacular in the first act of the film.
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