The Enchanted Cottage1945
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Oliver Bradford
as Laura Pennington
as Maj. John Hillgrove
as Violet Price
as Abigail Minnett
as Beatrice Alexander
as Frederick
as Danny
as Mrs. Stanton
as Canteen Manager
as Marine
as Soldier
as Soldier
Critic Reviews for The Enchanted Cottage
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1)
Shouldn't be missed.
Might have been just another run-of-the-mill midcentury romance, except for the bold way it depicts the debilitating effects of World War II on the very face and body of its male star.
Sensitive, occasionally touching romantic fable, well directed by John Cromwell and well acted by Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire.
For Valentine's Day, try this romantic classic.
some viewers will inevitably be charmed by it.
Audience Reviews for The Enchanted Cottage
The Enchanted Cottage takes place in the foggy and ephemeral world of the 1940s hollywood movie. There is definitely a dreamy quality to the film (as though it were filmed through a cotton-covered lense). A homely maid comes to work at a honeymoon cottage that is said to be enchanted. She falls in love with the scarred air force pilot who had meant to use the cottage as his honeymoon suite before his marriage plans fell apart due to his post war depression. As the two fall in love, their physical deformities seem to disappear, and both of them begin to believe in the magic of the enchanted cottage. The film is so earnest and sincere it's tough to put it down for being a little hokey. No one can get over how ugly these two are, and yet there are people in the world (even in the 1940s) who've managed to get together even with the extreme handicap of slight homeliness. Maybe the premise is a little flawed, but it's the execution that matters.
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