Maureen O'HARA was 19 when this was filmed. Such a beauty.

Gosh it's already been 8 years since Maureen O'Hara passed. She was beautiful!!! Love her.

Great day to watch fine movies with wonderful acting. Thank you! I knew Maureen’s sister who was a nun in the order I entered over 36 years ago. Her sister was very kind and gracious.

Herbert Marshall lost a leg serving in the Scottish Rifles in WW1. Many other actors who found success in Hollywood also served in WW1 in the same regiment - Ronald Colman, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Cedric Hardwicke.

I loved Herbert Marshall in so many movies...Enchanted Cottage was very good and the cast was splendid!!

Maureen O'Hara was featured in John Farrow's A Bill of Divorcement (1940), a remake of George Cukor's 1932 film. O'Hara portrayed Sydney Fairchild, who was played by Katharine Hepburn in the original. The production became difficult for O'Hara after Farrow reportedly made "suggestive comments" to her and began stalking her at home; once he realized that O'Hara was not interested in him sexually, he began bullying her on set. O'Hara punched him in the jaw one day, which put an end to the mistreatment.

Adophe was the most elegant dressed Man in that time. He made all o fthe magazines just for the way he dressed. Let alone his stupendous acting. Another good classic. Thank you for the upload.

Maureen looks so beautifully innocent and sincere in this movie!

Does anyone else find it strange that Christmas and not one decoration?

That was so amazing! I just love these old movies. Such drama, and originality. Thanks for putting it on!

What a fantastic movie. I think one of the best films Maureen OHara ever made

Omgosh what a beautiful bittersweet movie. I've never seen Maureen O'hara play such a role. I'm not surprised she is the perfect person to be selected for such a sad, strong & oh my gosh heartbreaking role. Truly a wonderful movie about mental illness, strength, sacrifice, resignation, absolute determination in living as best as possible & taking care of your beloved father. 😢

Such a sad tale. Can't believe I've never seen this. Thank you for the upload.

Oh gosh, I so love these classics. Gracias so much for uploading this movie. ❤....Feliz Christmas & a healthy, safe 2024 to all. Padre God Bless everyone 🙏.

Now THIS is serious drama. Excellent acting and beloved actors all around. Thank you RS&T

Imagine fighting in one of the most horrific wars in history and coming back home being so shell shocked and needing love and protection from your family members, but then being abandoned by your wife because she’s lonely and can’t handle the stress. Like who does that??? Selfish women!!!

What a fantastic film !!!! The end is so interesting - not actually depressing. The Father was a MUSICIAN who composed with jarring harmonies and unexpected chord progressions. Daughter was a chip off the old block. They had artistic temperaments, not crazy. However, they wouldn't blend in with ordinary dull thinking folk There is an undercurrent meaning here. Thank you for posting.

Really quite sad...😮😢😮

Well, it certainly makes us think deeply about issues of mental health and what marriage means. The movie was made in 1940, the daughter about 20, and her father didn't know about her, so he was considered incurably insane for 20 years. That's long enough for his wife to wait, especially since she never loved him. I was glad for her happiness and respect the daughter's courage. And glad that we have a better understanding of mental illness today.

Spectacular ensemble acting!!! I can't believe I've never seen this movie! I believe it was a stage play before they wrote it for screen. Excellent.

I didn't know there was a remake. I'm excited to see it, thank you

A great cast in a weird melodrama.

More touching and meaningful to me after viewing it a second time. Thank you ❤

❤Thank you 👍A good movie 💖A great and wonderful cast ❤

Good movie although quite sad due to the illness. Thank you

Just as today...why do we need to judge other people when we have not lived through their experiences or have walked in their shoes. Let us pray and love them.

Sweet movie ending. Not a light fluffy movie. Lol. Great actors. Thanks

A very moving movie

Maureen is so much better in this than I H. was in 1932 version.❤

Gee. How beautifully sad. Maureen O'Hara: a perfect beauty in her youth. 🌹

This story is Deep!

Heavy. Thank you.

Well that was depressing in the end. For someone like me who has depression and anxiety I understand. Her character was looking out for their future generations. Antidepressants and talk therapy didn't exist then. Only isolation and asylums which made them worse. Nowadays people with mental illness have children and may have passed it to them which is unfortunate. Maureen was so beautiful. Great actors in this movie. Knowing me, i literally googled Adolphe Menjou and Fay Bainter to read about their personal life.

She forgo her own happiness to take care of her father. What a great daughter!

I couldn't agree with the basic premise of the movie. The Adolph Menjou character supposedly did suffer from shell shock which led to mental illness. That was quite common and does not mean that he had defective genes. Everyone has a breaking point, and many men find theirs in war. And then his improvement seemed to imply that he wasn't too far gone after all. That should have given Maureen O'Hara hope about the prospects for her children, not utter despair. And I'll add that his aunt who apparently also broke, for never specified reasons, could very well be a one-off who had some unspecified horrific trauma, as many families can point to at least one person who had a breakdown, particularly if they are big families and people used to often have big families in that time period.

What a great movie. Don't think I have even seen it. But I must have.

I only watched this movie because of the youtube disclaimer : " Please have in mind that this is a 1940s film that shows beliefs, thinking and behavior from a bygone era". Well, I for one have beliefs, thoughts and behaviors more in line with that era. I'm not saying that divorce should be forbidden when one person truly wants out. To force keep the marriage would only result in misery for both. HOWEVER, at least they took marriage and divorce seriously in the 1940's, much more so than today. Overall I believe they had a much better understanding of love in those days.

Love older movies.

great film, now i will try out the original film from 1932 and see how they compare

I just started watching this never seen before by me alone movie. It sounds very thought provoking & deep from some of the comments I've read. Back to the movie. 😊

Very interesting and unusual in many ways...Dalton Trumbo...screenplay.

First time seeing this version I thoroughly enjoyed it one instance when the remake was better than the original n a beautiful score by Roy Webb

Ive been looking for this movie saw it ages ago and I remember Maureen O Hara was realy young 19 or 20 yrs old in this movie.... I gew up on all these brilliant old movies and Im so glad I found this wonderful old classic again movies like these are true classics Ty for uploading this movie Its a wonderful movie great actors great story great wonderful old classic movie Im new and have subscribed aswel Ty again for this movie ❤

when I saw this was a remake of the 1932 version, I was surprised that they would remake a film after only 8 years.... this version is so much better than the Katherine Hepburn version that seemed like it was played for comedy. Maureen OHara plays this with such heart and feeling; it is bitter sweet and Fay Bainter is superlative in every thing I have ever seen her in. Thank you for posting this classic

So riveting of a portrayal of human condition.

Thank you❤️

Never knew about this remake.

After seeing This movie I could really see Maureen s acting talent she played the part of Sydney with such passion and strength the acting was good by All especially Adolph menjou

Herbert Marshall and Maureen O’hara marvellous

Excellent movie 😢

Spitting image & mentality of my grandmother...an insufferable dragon woman that breathes fire every time she speaks 🔥🔥 🔥

How sad that we have to put disclaimers on old movies. We are a sad generation.

I’ve always admired *Faye Bainter. A very good performance by her. Edit: *Fay

Maureen O' Hara was so beautiful, in every year of her life.

Miss Froy The Lady vanishes.

I SO LOVE THESE BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES....What great substance

One of Maureen O'Hara s. Early films she was so beautiful shame it wasn't in color so could see her beautiful coloring the main reason I watched it was because she' was in it but there are also many fine actors like Adolph menjou and dame may witty

What a surprise ending. Kept watching and wondering what was going to happen in the last 5 minutes. Mother happy, daughter sacrificing her life due to the fear of the unknown. Sad.

What a sad movie.

nothing like the good old classics

What a great movie.

Whatever happened to the dog? Also, Christmas eve, Christmas Day, and no flipping Christmas tree or turkey.

New subscriber. I enjoyed this film very much

Wow! Sad but true. The writer knew that artists are often so difficult and different from the rest of us.

Very good film but so much sorrow & decisions. Difficult to cope with illnesses of the mind, they're not seen.

Dalton Trumbo wrote it!

Such a meaningful movie,ahead of its time,

Hilary Fairchild returns home after a long spell in a lunatic asylum.he has regained his sanity but he finds his strong-willed daughter has grown up and is planning to marry and his wife has divorced him! This is a portrait of a family torn apart by mental illness-what we didn’t know about it in 1940 is now defined in modern times! Maureen O’Hara, adolphe menjou.,fay bainter and Herbert Marshall were very good in the movie 🎥-the ending was very sad! 😞 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

What a profound and complex story! Although it is fiction, I wonder what any of us facing these issues would do. By the way, Mite - how did you like John’s Australian accent?!

I gave my son an illness I didn't know I had until after he was born. He had the opportunity to see up close how his life would be because of what I was going thru. He wished for death until pneumonia took him nearly 8 yrs ago. Tho it is a good one, I should not have watched this film.

I love Maureen O'Hara and that's all I'm going to say about this film.

Wow that was different. I enjoyed it.

Adolphe, Top Dog

Rate 5.8 Drama

John didn’t even fight for her 😢 this movie left me feeling empty.

Hebert Marshall had a wonderful sexy voice.

Hilary was an utterly amazing actor !!!

A soap opera from 1940; about as entertaining as the 50s the 60s the 70s the 80s the 90s...soaps I'll have to cut away now. Maureen was so beautiful, that's what held me this long (38:00)

Hmm so they both went mad at the end??😅

Wow 🌷

"Nerves are queer things" Aunt Hester

A person has obligations! Better to stay along then to follow emotions and harm people around!

Been watching these old movies way too long. I actually recognized the girl who played Susan, the maid, as Bela Lugosi's flower girl victim in the 1931 Dracula! That being said, I'm glad I finally caught up with this little sleeper of a movie. I prefer it to the Katharine Hepburn version; Bainter and Menjou are aces in this remake.

Oh dear! "Never to Love".

such a sad movie

Goodmovie

Sadly realistic.

Biggest sacrifice all.

I feel bad for you or anyone who has to put such a disclaimer on their work. I've personally decided to not apologize for being politically incorrect. Then, I suppose I am from a different century. Best wishes with your work. Bravo, very good film.

I Need was to See this Flick So much Message in the SONG Like Life that Needs to Go to the Next Level❤

Sad and happily insane.

I thoroughly disliked this show, although the actors were excellent, the message was deplorable. Each human is born with some sort of challenge. Some worse and harder than others, but to give up without trying is even worse than dying. We have a greater strength through God.

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I thought Elizabeth Patterson was in this movie

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Merry Christmas no Holly tree if it hadn't been for the presents to The servants and I did finally see a wreath never would nt have known it was Christmas 🎄🎁

To do what is right is right!!!!

Unfortunate propaganda brought to you during the era of Eugenics. Sydney even mentions studying Havelock Ellis.

I love Black white movie amazing How movie made on mental iIllness to show people in this time that it does exist. As does today. I wasn't born in this time Great parents was.

Full of angst: a delicate subject, presented and acted with sensitivity. Sydney's love for her father shines through the perhaps too Hollywood ending, BUT she and her fiance should have seen two consultants...a psychiatrist specializing in madness/insanity and a geneticist with knowledge of inherited insanity [ the GP's views would, perhaps, have been superficial]. Caution: viewers with any symptoms in the family of such disturbing behaviour should be aware of the main themes of this film before deciding whether to watch it. Lastly, what a bitter & twisted auntie !