Interestingly cast mainstream melodrama with Rogers a late replacement for Joan Fontaine as the woman shell-shocked soldier Cotten falls in love with before her 17-year-old daughter (Shirley Temple in her first adult role) blurts out a well-kept secret that threatens to destroy their romance. The contrivance is handled with a good deal of dignity by the ever-refined Dieterle, but producer Selznick wasn't satisfied with Temple's key monologue and hired in George Cukor to reshoot the crucial scene. Spot the joins?
Release Details
Duration:85 mins
Cast and crew
Director:William Dieterle
Screenwriter:Marion Parsonnet
Cast:
Ginger Rogers
Joseph Cotten
Shirley Temple
Spring Byington
Tom Tully
Chill Wills
John Derek
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