On the eve of her wedding, the bride (Helen Hayes) wrongfully blames the groom (Robert Montgomery) for her father's (Lewis Stone) death and banishes him forever. This leads to unhappiness when both get married to others and find themselves trapped in loveless marriages. Based on the novel by Hugh Walpole and directed by William K. Howard (FIRE OVER ENGLAND). Boy, does this one creak! I find movies about women self sacrificing their lives over men or children that are bad eggs rather masochistic. But in the 1930s, this was still considered noble! This was the kind of drivel that drove Helen Hayes back to the legitimate stage. After this film, she wouldn't make another movie (excluding a cameo as herself in STAGE DOOR CANTEEN) for 17 years. Here, she suffers and suffers as she can't get a divorce from her insane husband (Otto Kruger) and Robert Montgomery suffers along with her losing an arm in the war and a child to an early death. With May Robson, Donald Crisp, Jessie Ralph and Ethel Griffies.
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