On a farm in the Canadian North-West, a young widow becomes the source of a jealous rivalry between her little son and her new husband.On a farm in the Canadian North-West, a young widow becomes the source of a jealous rivalry between her little son and her new husband.On a farm in the Canadian North-West, a young widow becomes the source of a jealous rivalry between her little son and her new husband.
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Jimmy Ames
- Carnival Barker
- (uncredited)
Alan Austin
- Fire Warden
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Carnival Guest
- (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
- Carnival Guest
- (uncredited)
Mary Carroll
- Mrs. Campbell
- (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
- Carnival Guest
- (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell
- Carnival Barker
- (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
- Carnival Guest
- (uncredited)
Arthur Franz
- Tom Sharron
- (uncredited)
Fred Graham
- Officer Follette
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaActor Dennis Holmes, who played Susan Hayward's son in the film, told Barbara Nichols' biographer that Susan Hayward refused to speak to him either before or after a take. She would only talk to him when they were actually shooting a scene. Marsha Hunt said Hayward did the same thing to her during the filming of "Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman" in 1947.
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Dr. R. W. Gibbs: Maybe so. Maybe so, Fred. But Tomorrow is another day.
- ConnectionsRemade as Vahsi sevda (1966)
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A Lyrical Hathaway Film
When Henry Hathaway put his mind to it, he could endow a film with lyrical naturalism -- "Niagara" and "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" come to mind. This qualifies as such a film, although it has a 50's feel that reminds one of Disney, with an aura of respectable hominess and contemporality. (Apparently it is set no sooner than 1945 because we see a jeep in the film, although the surroundings seem to be more primitive than that) This is a pretty good story about the failure of a man and a woman to communicate their feelings, or to master nature, both inner and in the natural world. Mama Bear Susan Hayward needs to nurture and protect her son, but master the controlled nature of a farm (the boy must even master the realities of cleaning a rabbit hutch, and she, shodding a Clydesdale!) Steven Boyd gives up the controlled life of a woodmill to care for her. Love is incidental, but he has a law of the jungle mentality which puts them in direct conflict over the boy.
Reviewers think it incredible that Hayward would ever live happily ever after with such a brute, but this is a story of archetypes and natural impulses, such as the desire for love and kinship that transcends rationality. I find the performances ultimately gentle and believable in conveying this fact.
Reviewers think it incredible that Hayward would ever live happily ever after with such a brute, but this is a story of archetypes and natural impulses, such as the desire for love and kinship that transcends rationality. I find the performances ultimately gentle and believable in conveying this fact.
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- kalendjay
- Jan 7, 2012
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- $1,730,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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