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Saturday, August 4, 2012

"The Enchanted Cottage"


This delightful Romantic film from 1945 is about two people who were dealt difficult hands in the game of life.

 Laura Pennington is forced to go through life as a very plain girl. But something about her attracts the audience to her. She has a wonderful heart, is very intelligent, and possesses a great deal of imagination. Oliver Bradford joins the Air force just before he is to be married to a young woman. While he is overseas fighting in World War Two, he is injured. His face is badly scarred, and he is unable to use his right arm.

He escapes from the World to the cottage where he and his fiance had planned to spend their honeymoon, and where Laura works under the owner of the cottage, Mrs. Minnet. Laura thinks the Cottage is enchanted, and she has told Oliver all about it.

At first, Oliver does not want to speak or see anyone. Overtime, however, he and Laura develop a friendship, and also get to know a blind pianist, who is one of their only friends. After some time, Oliver's mother demands he come home or she and her new husband will come to live at the cottage. For purely selfish reasons, Oliver proposes to Laura, and she, truly in love with him, accepts his offer. They are married, and on the night of their wedding both are despondent- both for different reasons. Oliver fears that Laura greatly dislikes him now and sees him as a selfish man. Laura feels that she can never truly tell Oliver the depth of her feelings. She goes over to the piano and begins to play. The room seems to grow still, and when Oliver looks over at her, he seems to have his old appearance back. Laura, in sadness runs from the room to their bedroom.

Oliver, thinking that their marriage had been to much for her, follows her. He finds her lying on their bed, sobbing. He takes her in his arms, and suddenly she is more beautiful to him than anyone he had ever seen, and he realizes his true feelings for her. They kiss, thinking that because of their love, and the cottage, they are now fair, and handsome. In reality, their looks have not changed at all.

This film teaches us, that to really see who a person is, we should not judge by appearances. We should not "judge a book by its cover." When we truly care about person, we look through the eyes of the heart, and we can see the person as they truly are. Definitely a must see, and I highly recommend  it.

God Bless till I get back from Beeton-ton!