Academy Awards, USA 1946
| Nominated Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay Myles Connolly |
MGM
Directed by Henry Koster
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Precocious 7-year-old Margaret O'Brien drops in on big sister June Allyson, a member of a symphony orchestra led by Jose Iturbi. The orchestra is mostly women, since the men are off fighting the war, including Allyson's new husband who has not written in months. A telegram from the Army informing her of his death is intercepted and hidden from her by the other girls. To make matters worse, they write a fake telegraph in which he is found alive on a desert island. However, it turns out to be real, due to the prayers of O'Brien and Allyson, followed by the orchestra performing Handel's Messiah. Subtle it is not.
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