This film starts off as a free-spirited comedy with Dorothy McGuire again in Connecticut. Remember how the latter state would form the basis 4 years later in the Oscar winning film, "Gentleman's Agreement." I wonder how many people realized that the same theme music was played in both these films. Did 20th Century-Fox have a patent on that beautiful theme music?
This time, Claudia is rather immature living on a newly purchased farm in Connecticut with husband Robert Young. We see some ridiculous scenes where a writer, Reginald Gardiner, who has rented the shack next to the farm, gives McGuire a kiss just when Young walks in. We witness a nutty opera singer who desperately wants to buy the place and belts out loud singing.
The film takes a sudden turn to the more dramatic when McGuire learns that she is pregnant, but at the same time that her mother is terminally ill. She has a lot of growing up to do real fast. Ina Claire is wonderful as the resolute terminal mother.
This time, Claudia is rather immature living on a newly purchased farm in Connecticut with husband Robert Young. We see some ridiculous scenes where a writer, Reginald Gardiner, who has rented the shack next to the farm, gives McGuire a kiss just when Young walks in. We witness a nutty opera singer who desperately wants to buy the place and belts out loud singing.
The film takes a sudden turn to the more dramatic when McGuire learns that she is pregnant, but at the same time that her mother is terminally ill. She has a lot of growing up to do real fast. Ina Claire is wonderful as the resolute terminal mother.