Shades of "Lady for A Day," and its remake with Bette Davis of "Pocketful of Miracles," is shown here slightly when a dance hall queen, Greer Garson, wed a wealthy Walter Pidgeon, had a daughter with him and was summarily kicked out of the house by Pidgeon and his mother, Lucille Watson.
Years later Garson returns for her wedding. The film is very much predictable with Garson and Pidgeon again falling for each other and Watson using Cesar Romero as the guy to break it up. Romero's mother, the usually quite funny Mary Boland, is wasted here.
Taylor's husband-to-be is never shown and yet his parents are. Supposedly, he is off on maneuvers as the wedding approaches. Peter Lawford as the painter is infatuated with Taylor and romance blossoms.
Garson and Pidgeon actually did some singing and the last scene where they are both caught in the mud of a rainstorm is humorous.
Garson and Pidgeon had such wonderful chemistry between them in their more dramatic films.
Certainly, this film was a change of pace for both of them and they make it work.
Garson showed her usual dramatic flare in the scene where she meets her daughter for the first time in almost 20 years.She is also a keen mother who realizes that Taylor is falling for the Lawford character.
Years later Garson returns for her wedding. The film is very much predictable with Garson and Pidgeon again falling for each other and Watson using Cesar Romero as the guy to break it up. Romero's mother, the usually quite funny Mary Boland, is wasted here.
Taylor's husband-to-be is never shown and yet his parents are. Supposedly, he is off on maneuvers as the wedding approaches. Peter Lawford as the painter is infatuated with Taylor and romance blossoms.
Garson and Pidgeon actually did some singing and the last scene where they are both caught in the mud of a rainstorm is humorous.
Garson and Pidgeon had such wonderful chemistry between them in their more dramatic films.
Certainly, this film was a change of pace for both of them and they make it work.
Garson showed her usual dramatic flare in the scene where she meets her daughter for the first time in almost 20 years.She is also a keen mother who realizes that Taylor is falling for the Lawford character.