Young Widow (1946)
8/10
***
5 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Poignant case of what a war-widow goes through emotionally.

Jane Russell conveyed such a person is this poignant 1946 film.

Connie Gilchrist sheds her usual comic style with that high-pitched voice and is effective as Aunt Cissy, who tells Russell that life must go on. Gilchrist is though a live wire as compared to Emmy, her sister played by an erudite Cora Witherspoon. Too bad these ladies are not seen again through the majority of the film.

Louis Hayward is charming as the army man who meets Russell by chance and pursues her.

The comic scene with the upset cab-driver, Marie Wilson's bringing servicemen to Penny Singleton's apartment are all a joy to watch.

Life must go on is well-served in this picture.
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