Academy Awards, USA 1944
| Nominated Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Joan Fontaine |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Edmund Goulding
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Composer Charles Boyer visits his aging friend and teacher at his remote Swiss homestead. It's a kooky musical family, with two teenage daughters running around barefoot through the hills, then performing classical music after dinner. Joan Fontaine plays the daughter hopelessly in love with Boyer, though he just shrugs it off as a teenage crush. After the father dies and Boyer marries a rich socialite, the girls are sent away to a boarding school in England. However, they runaway one night and end up staying with Boyer and his wife in their stuffy mansion. Fontaine's crush turns into love, threatening Boyer's marriage. The 25-year-old Fontaine plays a much younger character, early to mid teens, leading to some uncomfortable moments with Boyer. I'm not sure what to make of the ending, romantic or tragic, but it could have been stolen from the pages of a juvenile romance novel circa 1900.
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