In this film, window peeping is a perfectly acceptable part of the early stages of a relationship between 2 people. Indeed, Norma Shearer (Kathleen) seems impressed with the night-time activities of Fredric March (Ken). Ha Ha. The police will have you in jail these days. The film begins with Leslie Howard (Sir John) lamenting the death of his bride Norma Shearer (Moonyeen) many years ago. She appears to him as a ghost to re-assure him that they will always be together. The main storyline emerges with the arrival of Fredric March in what seems to be an abandoned house where Shearer (playing Kathleen) and her suitor Ralph Forbes (Willie) have taken shelter from a storm. It is the spark between March and Shearer that drives the remainder of the story alongside the addition of a secret that is preventing their love from being allowed to blossom.
This film has all three of the main characters playing double roles. Norma Shearer plays both the bride who died and the main character looking for love in the present day; Fredric March plays both the young man looking to enlist in the First World War as well as his father (Jeremy); whilst Leslie Howard plays his character as both an older man and a younger man. The reason for the double roles is that a crucial segment of the film is played in flashback to an earlier time in history - a generation before.
The cast are all good, the story is mysterious, intriguing and keeps you watching and if you are a romantic, then this film is for you. You'll want to cry in places and it has an ending that will remind you of the Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) although this film obviously did it first. Love conquers all.
This film has all three of the main characters playing double roles. Norma Shearer plays both the bride who died and the main character looking for love in the present day; Fredric March plays both the young man looking to enlist in the First World War as well as his father (Jeremy); whilst Leslie Howard plays his character as both an older man and a younger man. The reason for the double roles is that a crucial segment of the film is played in flashback to an earlier time in history - a generation before.
The cast are all good, the story is mysterious, intriguing and keeps you watching and if you are a romantic, then this film is for you. You'll want to cry in places and it has an ending that will remind you of the Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) although this film obviously did it first. Love conquers all.