Not Rated | 1 h 32 min | Drama, Comedy | 1939
Director John Cromwell’s film may be old hat for long-married couples, but it can be a welcome insight for those just married or about to be. Opening credits overlay a pair of hands signing the names of his characters into a marriage register, picking out a ring, bearing a bouquet, and opening a book of matrimony service rites. By starting rather than ending with such imagery, Cromwell inverts the typical romance, implying that marriage should mark the growth rather than the death of romance.
