Jane Wyman and Van Johnson star in this sentimental story in New York City about a young lady who lives at home to take care of her mother. Years ago, her father left them and her mother had a nervous breakdown of sorts, trying to kill herself. The mother, played by Josephine Hutchinson, has been house-bound ever since. With Jane's own quiet and shy disposition already, this leaves Jane to go to work and home only, with no social life, no friends, save one lady friend, work related, played by Eileen Heckart. Then one day in the rain a soldier starts talking to the crowd waiting to across the street. People come and go, but she stays waiting for something. With his outgoing personality, she took to him right away. They start a friendship and it turns into a very sweet and deep love right away. When he gets word his troop is leaving, he tells her he loves her and that he wants to marry her when he gets back, but....
I've never heard love expressed so eloquently as I have in this film. Some of the plots are left hanging at the end, as we see her in the rain after seeing an apparition of him. So we don't know for sure that she dies from pneumonia. And, her father returns to her mother after a long time and he goes looking for Jane in the rain. There is no resolution or full closure to him out looking for her. But we are left to deduce that Jane is now with Van, and her parents are back together. The film ends abruptly on the supposed climax of emotion. but it did need some plots to come full circle. That notwithstanding, this film is an experience you're not likely to forget, even if you don't exactly understand (or buy into) what happens in front of the cathedral. I recommend it heartily for the truly young at heart and those who love sentimental love stories.
I've never heard love expressed so eloquently as I have in this film. Some of the plots are left hanging at the end, as we see her in the rain after seeing an apparition of him. So we don't know for sure that she dies from pneumonia. And, her father returns to her mother after a long time and he goes looking for Jane in the rain. There is no resolution or full closure to him out looking for her. But we are left to deduce that Jane is now with Van, and her parents are back together. The film ends abruptly on the supposed climax of emotion. but it did need some plots to come full circle. That notwithstanding, this film is an experience you're not likely to forget, even if you don't exactly understand (or buy into) what happens in front of the cathedral. I recommend it heartily for the truly young at heart and those who love sentimental love stories.