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The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)
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| The Enchanted Cottage | |
|---|---|
| Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | John Cromwell Fred Fleck (assistant) |
| Produced by | Harriet Parsons |
| Screenplay by | Herman J. Mankiewicz DeWitt Bodeen |
| Based on | The Enchanted Cottage 1923 play by Arthur Wing Pinero |
| Starring | Robert Young Dorothy McGuire |
| Narrated by | Herbert Marshall |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Edited by | Joseph Noriega |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date | April 28, 1945 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Enchanted Cottage is a 1945 romantic fantasy starring Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, and Herbert Marshall, with Mildred Natwick.
It was based on the 1923 play by Arthur Wing Pinero. The Enchanted Cottage was first adapted for the silent screen in 1924, with Richard Barthelmess and May McAvoy as the newlyweds. A third adaptation appeared in 2016.
Plot
When pilot Oliver Bradford (Robert Young) is disfigured by war wounds, he hides from his family, including his mother, after his fiancée is too jarred by his disfigurement to accept it readily. He lives in bitter seclusion in the seaside New England cottage he had rented from its current owner, Mrs. Minnett, for his originally planned honeymoon, while blind concert pianist John Hillgrove who lives nearby befriends him gradually.
Laura Pennington is a shy, homely maid who has hired on as the cottage’s caretaker and befriends an initially reluctant Oliver after he admires her wood-carving talents. Oliver and Laura gradually fall in love and marry, but after Oliver and Laura fear their marriage is one of mutual pity, the couple discovers that their feelings for each other have mysteriously transformed them. He appears handsome to her and she seems beautiful to him. This “transformation” is perceived only by the two lovers (and the audience). Laura believes that the cottage is “enchanted” because it was rented to honeymoon couples, and in time, the widowed Mrs. Minnett reveals the true story behind the cottage’s legend.
Cast
- Dorothy McGuire as Laura Pennington
- Robert Young as Oliver Bradford
- Herbert Marshall as Major John Hillgrove
- Mildred Natwick as Mrs. Abigail Minnett
- Spring Byington as Violet Price
- Hillary Brooke as Beatrice Alexander
- Richard Gaines as Frederick ‘Freddy’ Price
- Alec Englander as Danny ‘Taxi’ Stanton
- Robert Clarke as Marine Corporal
- Eden Nichols as Soldier
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