Fontaine and Power worked well together. Joan was a class act. The entire cast was well chosen. Sets were very realistic for having been filmed in the USA..Very enjoyable Thank you..
I'm 72, and here is another gem that I have never seen. What a wonderful wartime film, dealing with so many profound subjects, from patriotism to social culture, to love and class barriers, reason and faith, and even Shakespeare! And so many wonderful character actors! Thank you for finding this film and uploading it! SUB SCRIBED
I joined the Women's Army Corps in 1966. My parents did not want me to join. People had low opinions of women being in the military back then (some still do). I did not have as much freedom as Joan Fontaine's charter had in this movie. Women in the Army had to travel in groups of three (or more) back then. We were never allowed to go out alone after dark.
@arvettadelashmit9337 I joined the regular USAF in 1978 as an Airman, because that was the rank given to both men and women. As a woman, we trained alongside of men, except of course sleeping quarters and the obstacle course, staying in our squadron formation. My father especially thought I was crazy, but I wanted to attend college and let him know that. It gave me a solid start in life from which I benefitted. Thank you for paving the way.
My English mother, June Edith Neal Marston Harris, joined the WAAFs in 1941 at age 16 after graduating with high honors from a private girls' school in Brockenhurst, England. Her mother was very unhappy about this but her father was supportive and signed for her. By the next year, age 17, she made Corporal. And the next year at age 18 she met my American Sailor father at a military dance in Cardiff, Wales. And at age 19 she married him in a 12th century Anglo-Saxon church, Eling St. Mary's, in her village of Totton. Mother was in the first crossing of GI War Brides in Feb. 1946 to NYC on the RMS Queen Mary which was still painted battleship gray from transporting US troops to England
My mum was a little child during the bombing of England. She got moved out of London in The Evacuation with most of the other kids, but never forgot the bombing.
@@cattymajiv Yes, that sort of experience stays with you... I know someone whose family were "bombed out "and at age 87, she is still " haunted " by the trauma of the war... 🇬🇧🦉🤔🌈😢🦉🇬🇧
BOTH Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine are exceptional in their performances, and possibly the most aesthetically beautiful couple in cinematic history, here.
The British deserve so much credit for their strength in adversity and courage, just like the Ukrainians do today. I nearly burst into tears at the grocery store last week, when the cashier told me he was a refugee from Ukraine. SLAVA UKRAINI ! ! ! 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
Perhaps I am being sensitive as age advance, the very end of this movie just quite touching make me cry somehow, thank you very much for the movie. They don't make movie like this anymore. Once again thanks.
Yes, they make good movies, however, they are filled with nudity, bad language, contempt for the establishment, anti war messages, and bloody violence. I believe, as in this movie, that can all be said without the stark reality of all that slapping me in my face as I eat my popcorn. If that's the kind of entertainment then so be it. At the age of 70 I've had enough of reality and prefer some ENTERTAINMENT. I enjoy the acting and the morality presented in the short two hours. Thank you.
As a female Marine, I've always admired the way Women worked during the War. If the haughty Germans hadn't bragged they didn't need THEIR women doing men's work, and their women had worked like the English, US and Russians did, who knows how much harder they would have been to defeat? Lovely old movie, with Joan giving a long-winded, gushing speech about what England 'is'. She and Tyrone surely made a beautiful couple. TY for this post!
When you watch these wonderfully old films, badly the smoking is depressing because so actors died fromit. My mother smoked for60 years and she suffered!
Interesting. This movie was made in 1942. Joan Fontaine mentions the Womens Auxiliary Air Force. Our modern day Air Force was created September 18, 1947.
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) auxiliary unit established in 1939 to free up RAF personnel for front-line duties during World War II. King George VI established the WAAF on June 28, 1939.
An impossibly beautiful military couple go on leave, check into a hotel and ask for... separate rooms? Um...okay. And it took me half an hour to figure out that Tyrone Power was playing a Brit, not an American! Never mind. This is a luminous, old school Hollywood World War II romance, buoyed by a truly gobsmacking twist. Joan Fontaine, who epitomized vulnerability in Hitchcock's Rebecca and Suspicion, adds backbone and gives two great barn-burning speeches; Power, who'd been fighting for roles with more depth, lays the groundwork for his truly astonishing work in the original Nightmare Alley (the best American film of 1947). Like Mrs Miniver, also released in 1942, this is a powerful portrait of the British role in beating the Nazis; unlike that Oscar winner, which venerated their way of life to the point of near-worship, this questions aspects of it but still argues that it's worth fighting for. That may make this one an even more effective wartime statement. 8/10.
Excuse my ignorance vis a vis older English idioms, but does “blue stocking” mean lesbian? At 9:00 in the woman asks Joan Fontaine (when she didn’t want to go to the dance): “You’re not a blue stocking, are you?” And she responds “Absolutely not.” Sorry, shall enjoy the rest of the film now but was curious … Wonderful film. Joan Fontaine was a transcendent beauty and actor. Perhaps didn’t have the eyes of her sister, but everything else and then some.
I think it refers to a group of women in Bloomsbury UK, who were interested in intellectual subjects. They often wore rather thick lisle wool stockings coloured blue. The most derisory opinion of them could not manage more than an attack on their stockings. The women were generally upper class, well bred, educated and able in answering their detractors. They tended to be forerunners for the women’s movements seeking rights and votes. They were a resilient breed! I am grateful they attempted to awaken society to the value of women from all walks of life. The groundwork was laid long before World War One after which the UK recognised the services of women by granting them the vote.
@@doreekaplan2589 No different from today, women interested in intellectual subjects are not 'snooty' or confined to 'high' society. Nor are they relegated to gay, heterosexual or bisexual identification.
Maybe @redtobertshateshandles is exactly what he claims Powers wasn't. As if anyone gives a sh*t about the martial status of people anymore. There are few things as unimportant as that peice of paper.
Fontaine and Power worked well together. Joan was a class act. The entire cast was well chosen. Sets were very realistic for having been filmed in the USA..Very enjoyable Thank you..
Roger that. Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm 72, and here is another gem that I have never seen. What a wonderful wartime film, dealing with so many profound subjects, from patriotism to social culture, to love and class barriers, reason and faith, and even Shakespeare! And so many wonderful character actors! Thank you for finding this film and uploading it! SUB SCRIBED
Thanks for the sub. Welcome! FYI - I post War movies here: th-cam.com/play/PLk3CReZFhoBfTLfRUxFNzKZgdMZ0Bd2vA.html
I joined the Women's Army Corps in 1966. My parents did not want me to join. People had low opinions of women being in the military back then (some still do). I did not have as much freedom as Joan Fontaine's charter had in this movie. Women in the Army had to travel in groups of three (or more) back then. We were never allowed to go out alone after dark.
Thank you for your service.
All smart people know that women make up 50% of the population, and therefore, it's great to have their help.
❤❤❤ thank you, I was born in 1966
Isn't that ironic given the difference in crime rates compared to 2024! You'd think it would be the opposite.
@arvettadelashmit9337 I joined the regular USAF in 1978 as an Airman, because that was the rank given to both men and women. As a woman, we trained alongside of men, except of course sleeping quarters and the obstacle course, staying in our squadron formation. My father especially thought I was crazy, but I wanted to attend college and let him know that. It gave me a solid start in life from which I benefitted. Thank you for paving the way.
My English mother, June Edith Neal Marston Harris, joined the WAAFs in 1941 at age 16 after graduating with high honors from a private girls' school in Brockenhurst, England. Her mother was very unhappy about this but her father was supportive and signed for her. By the next year, age 17, she made Corporal. And the next year at age 18 she met my American Sailor father at a military dance in Cardiff, Wales. And at age 19 she married him in a 12th century Anglo-Saxon church, Eling St. Mary's, in her village of Totton. Mother was in the first crossing of GI War Brides in Feb. 1946 to NYC on the RMS Queen Mary which was still painted battleship gray from transporting US troops to England
How very awesome
Excellent story, thanks for sharing!
My mum was a little child during the bombing of England. She got moved out of London in The Evacuation with most of the other kids, but never forgot the bombing.
@@cattymajiv
Yes, that sort of
experience stays
with you...
I know someone
whose family were
"bombed out "and
at age 87, she is still
" haunted " by the
trauma of the war...
🇬🇧🦉🤔🌈😢🦉🇬🇧
Traductor español
Excellent movie. I love Joan Fountain and Tyrone Powers.
Glad you like it. Welcome.
Fabulous, simply fabulous. Sobering to think this was made during the war it was set in.
Yes. And fascinating too, in some ways ...
That's an interesting thought. Thanks for watching.
Nice movie first time watching this with the lovely Joan Fontaine Tyrone Power played his part well also the great Thomas Mitchell was as good as ever
Thanks for liking my comment
Glad you enjoyed it! I post Tyrone Power movies here: th-cam.com/play/PLk3CReZFhoBe9eZRJQNjIs5UTYaSwIXQD.html
A great movie, an awesome pair , Tyrone power n Joan Fontaine, thanks for uploading it 😀 😊 👍 😄 ☺️ on you tube 😀 😊 😄 😉 👍
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my goodness, what a good story! I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for showing it.
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good movie; a beautiful love story featuring 2 of my favorite actors, the very handsome Tyrone Power & lovely Joan Fontaine. Thanks for sharing!
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
BOTH Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine are exceptional in their performances, and possibly the most aesthetically beautiful couple in cinematic history, here.
...as were Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon in "Wuthering Heights", that is, another aesthetically beautiful couple in cinematic history.
And Rita Hayworth/Glen Ford 👍
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
A grand movie from a very difficult time.
Nicely put 👍🏻🇬🇧
The British deserve so much credit for their strength in adversity and courage, just like the Ukrainians do today. I nearly burst into tears at the grocery store last week, when the cashier told me he was a refugee from Ukraine.
SLAVA UKRAINI ! ! ! 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
Roger that. Glad you enjoyed it!
Perhaps I am being sensitive as age advance, the very end of this movie just quite touching make me cry somehow, thank you very much for the movie. They don't make movie like this anymore. Once again thanks.
I ran out of hankies. What a find!
Yes, they make good movies, however, they are filled with nudity, bad language, contempt for the establishment, anti war messages, and bloody violence. I believe, as in this movie, that can all be said without the stark reality of all that slapping me in my face as I eat my popcorn. If that's the kind of entertainment then so be it. At the age of 70 I've had enough of reality and prefer some ENTERTAINMENT. I enjoy the acting and the morality presented in the short two hours. Thank you.
I hear you. Thanks for watching.
Joan Fontaine is a great, beautiful actress.
Roger that. I posted Joan Fontaine in "Jane Eyre" (1943) here: th-cam.com/video/M4BnWEDS-pY/w-d-xo.html
Sad this fine actor and man died at 44 and I'm still going on at 83!
robertwilkins8357, according to bio i read of him, you probably led a cleaner life than him.
@@saraswatkin9226 how kind thank you.
Thanks for sharing. Welcome.
As a female Marine, I've always admired the way Women worked during the War. If the haughty Germans hadn't bragged they didn't need THEIR women doing men's work, and their women had worked like the English, US and Russians did, who knows how much harder they would have been to defeat? Lovely old movie, with Joan giving a long-winded, gushing speech about what England 'is'. She and Tyrone surely made a beautiful couple. TY for this post!
Welcome. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
My first time seeing this: these war movies make me think of my father...
Me too.
God bless your father. Thanks for watching.
Such a great movie 😢 !!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not seen this movie yet.But due to good starcast,director,composer n photographer it tempts me watch.
Thanks for the visit!
A magnicent performance by Joan
Fontaine. She is always too good to o be true.
Roger that I posted Joan Fontaine in "Jane Eyre" (1943) here: th-cam.com/video/M4BnWEDS-pY/w-d-xo.html
Anguished through whole movie afraid for Cleve.....bless ALL the Men HEROES everyone.& the women did their part ......good ending..🎚️
Thanks for watching!
When you watch these wonderfully old films, badly the smoking is depressing because so actors died fromit. My mother smoked for60 years and she suffered!
God bless your mother. Thanks for watching.
Interesting. This movie was made in 1942.
Joan Fontaine mentions the Womens Auxiliary Air Force.
Our modern day Air Force was created September 18, 1947.
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) auxiliary unit established in 1939 to free up RAF personnel for front-line duties during World War II. King George VI established the WAAF on June 28, 1939.
A good film, worth watching
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful movie.
Roger that. Thanks for watching.
Thomas Mitchell superb as always.
Roger that. Thanks for watching.
An impossibly beautiful military couple go on leave, check into a hotel and ask for... separate rooms? Um...okay. And it took me half an hour to figure out that Tyrone Power was playing a Brit, not an American! Never mind. This is a luminous, old school Hollywood World War II romance, buoyed by a truly gobsmacking twist. Joan Fontaine, who epitomized vulnerability in Hitchcock's Rebecca and Suspicion, adds backbone and gives two great barn-burning speeches; Power, who'd been fighting for roles with more depth, lays the groundwork for his truly astonishing work in the original Nightmare Alley (the best American film of 1947). Like Mrs Miniver, also released in 1942, this is a powerful portrait of the British role in beating the Nazis; unlike that Oscar winner, which venerated their way of life to the point of near-worship, this questions aspects of it but still argues that it's worth fighting for. That may make this one an even more effective wartime statement. 8/10.
Well said!!
Thanks for clocking in with all of this!
Love it!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My mother was in the wraaf
Based at stanmore and biggin
Hill was on the plotting tables
During battle of britain!
God bless your mother. Thanks for watching.
8:48 " You ain't a Blue Stockng?" noun: blue-stocking
an intellectual or literary woman.
Thanks for the info!
1:05:35 What a beautiful speech! But what of England now? England is on fire. God save the West!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Joan Fontaine is the half-sister of Olivia De Havilland , different Fathers .
Roger that. Thanks for watching.
THOMAS MITCHELL! ❤
THOMAS MITCHELL! 😊
THOMAS MITCHELL!❤
Thomas Mitchell was the first male actor to gain the Triple Crown of Acting by winning an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award. Thanks for watching.
Ty❤
Welcome.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
👍
Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?
Ha! Thanks for watching.
SPOILER Question: Does that dreadfully handsome man recover or not????
SPOILER Answer: Unclear.
Thanks for watching.
En español por favor!!!
Sorry, and thanks for watching.
❤😊
👍
💚🙏😇🙏💚
👍
Excuse my ignorance vis a vis older English idioms, but does “blue stocking” mean lesbian? At 9:00 in the woman asks Joan Fontaine (when she didn’t want to go to the dance): “You’re not a blue stocking, are you?” And she responds “Absolutely not.”
Sorry, shall enjoy the rest of the film now but was curious …
Wonderful film. Joan Fontaine was a transcendent beauty and actor. Perhaps didn’t have the eyes of her sister, but everything else and then some.
No. It refers to snooty "high" society.
I think it refers to a group of women in Bloomsbury UK, who were interested in intellectual subjects. They often wore rather thick lisle wool stockings coloured blue. The most derisory opinion of them could not manage more than an attack on their stockings. The women were generally upper class, well bred, educated and able in answering their detractors. They tended to be forerunners for the women’s movements seeking rights and votes. They were a resilient breed! I am grateful they attempted to awaken society to the value of women from all walks of life. The groundwork was laid long before World War One after which the UK recognised the services of women by granting them the vote.
Bookworms. Lesbians are something else. 😂
@@doreekaplan2589 No different from today, women interested in intellectual subjects are not 'snooty' or confined to 'high' society. Nor are they relegated to gay, heterosexual or bisexual identification.
@@redtobertshateshandles Intellectuals.
Sappy. Music too maudlin.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
😊
👍
Joan is magic but poor Tyrone was. Cast as a cosmic jerk.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions.
Tyrone was a pretty handsome guy.
Not in Errols league, but I suppose that we can't all be Irish.
Maybe Tyrone wasn't a bastard. 😂
Pee wee Herman beats both of them.
@@jaengen Pee Wee only beat himself. In a dark theatre.
Maybe @redtobertshateshandles is exactly what he claims Powers wasn't. As if anyone gives a sh*t about the martial status of people anymore. There are few things as unimportant as that peice of paper.
@@puttentanesame6687 You don't really think we care do you? Or maybe we should ask why do YOU care? Are you fixated on that?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
TYRONE POWER a good actor i like him but this film has too much narrative for me...T Y anyway.
Not often a post blatantly declares lack of cognitive thought like you just did.
@@puttentanesame6687 👋❤️
@@puttentanesame6687 Yes. I've never even heard anyone complain about "too much narrative" before.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
😊
👍