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Roland Dane finally retires to his childhood home. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he wishes not to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes Roland to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple don't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
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Directed by Irving Reis
David NivenRoland Dane
Teresa WrightLark Ingoldsby
Evelyn KeyesGrizel Dane
Farley GrangerPax Masterson
Jayne MeadowsSelina Dane
Leo G. CarrollProutie
Philip FriendPelham Dane
Shepperd StrudwickMarchese Del Laudi
Henry StephensonGeneral Fitzgerald
Colin Keith-JohnstonThe Eye
Gigi PerreauLark as a Child
Peter MilesRollo as a ChildImages · 5
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CinemaSerfJul 9, 2022
David Niven is old soldier "General Rollo Dane" who returns to his family home after a long absence. Once there he is visited by his niece who wants a WWII wartime billet. Grumpily, he accedes and shortly thereafter they are visited by Farley Granger ("Pax") who turn out to be the nephew of Niven's childhood sweetheart "Larke" (Teresa Wright). Through a series of reminiscences we learn of the blossoming of their young love - despite the machinations of his older sister "Selin… Read more
a" (Jayne Meadows) and of how it all fell apart. Meantime we see the burgeoning romance between the latter day youngsters as they, too, fall in love. Niven features sparingly, and when he does he doesn't quite sparkle. The film sort of plods along with a certain inevitability that seemed completely unnecessary had only the hero actually "grown a pair". It looks good, but I'm not sure I'd bother to watch it again.