A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
Directed by John Cromwell
suicide attempt
transformation
seclusion
enchantment
based on play or musical
cottage
maid
kindness
new england
disfigured face
war injury
told in flashback
canteen
fiancée
war trauma
ugly girl
american g.i.
blind musician
act of kindness
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Dorothy McGuire
Laura Pennington
Robert Young
Oliver Bradford
Herbert Marshall
Major John Hillgrove
Mildred Natwick
Mrs. Abigail Minnett
Spring Byington
Violet Price
Hillary Brooke
Beatrice Alexander
Richard Gaines
Frederick 'Freddy' Price
Robert Clarke
Marine Corporal
Rusty Farrell
Mildred (uncredited)
Crew
John Cromwell
Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Ted Tetzlaff
Director of Photography
Harriet Parsons
Producer
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Tristan
6.0★ · 02/17/26
The premise that the most normal looking woman in the world would be treated like The Elephant Man is inherently flawed.
The premise that the most normal looking woman in the world would be treated like The Elephant Man is inherently flawed.
Taylor Kilgore
6.0★ · 02/14/26
Really enjoyed it but every time they said he was deformed and she was ugly I giggled cuz what??
Really enjoyed it but every time they said he was deformed and she was ugly I giggled cuz what??
