Happy Birthday to Robert Young, Dorothy McGuire and John Mills.
Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire stared in Enchanted Cottage with Herbert Marshall. I really like this movie and decided to watch it to celebrate the stars birthday.
Dorothy plays a woman who becomes a maid at a cottage who is described as homely. It is amazing how bad lighting can make you ugly. Robert plays a wounded WWII soldier who goes to the cottage to hide due to his disfiguring wounds. Herbert plays a blind pianist and their friend. Robert attempts suicide and Dorothy stops him. They spend a lot of time together and become friends. Robert's family puts a lot of pressure on him to come back to the family home and he refuses. He decides to marry Dorothy. She loves him, but he is looking for companionship and a safe haven. During their wedding dinner he realizes that he loves her. He sees her as a beauty and she sees him as handsome with no wounds. They are blinded by love and think they have transformed. In reality of course they have not changed. Robert's family make them see that they haven't changed, but they are happy with each other and see themselves as they wish.
There is one scene I greatly identify with. At a soldier's canteen dance Dorothy sits alone at a table. A soldier comes in and sees her sitting alone and goes towards her to ask her to dance. As he goes to the stairs she turns sees him and smiles. The soldier sees her face, he stops and bends down to tie his shoes. Dorothy gets her coat and runs door.
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