Often dismissed as mawkish,sentimental tear-jerker , "sentimental journey" should not,at any price,considered a realistic story :it's a fable, a fantasy story and even some fairy tale .
Generally ,a terminally -ill woman who worries about her husband left alone goes in search of another woman to replace her ;the subject was often broached in movies;but he is a grown-up kid who would be lost if he had to carry on on his own.So they adopt an adorable little girl they find in an orphanage .....
The gorgeous Maureen O'Hara sometimes hints at her "going away someday " (it's hard to admit this beaming woman has a heart condition),but in the meantime they live in paradise :rugged Payne ( cast against type) and Uncle Don (William Bendix,full of joie de vivre and bonhomie may be the stand- out)spoil the little girl who feels this happiness may be short (she was brought up as an orphan after all ,and it's only natural that she frets .)
O'Hara dies halfway through the movie, a risqué move ; it's after her death that the movie becomes absorbing : "both of you are looking for me, she says as she appears or speaks to the twice orphaned girlie and her desperate widower ,both of you miss each other ".
Today's audience will dismiss it as old hat ,but these who have kept their child's soul will enjoy it. Uncle can throw away his psychology book without tears , and forget about unicorns ;as Hittie finally says: little boys,it's time you were in bed" .
Generally ,a terminally -ill woman who worries about her husband left alone goes in search of another woman to replace her ;the subject was often broached in movies;but he is a grown-up kid who would be lost if he had to carry on on his own.So they adopt an adorable little girl they find in an orphanage .....
The gorgeous Maureen O'Hara sometimes hints at her "going away someday " (it's hard to admit this beaming woman has a heart condition),but in the meantime they live in paradise :rugged Payne ( cast against type) and Uncle Don (William Bendix,full of joie de vivre and bonhomie may be the stand- out)spoil the little girl who feels this happiness may be short (she was brought up as an orphan after all ,and it's only natural that she frets .)
O'Hara dies halfway through the movie, a risqué move ; it's after her death that the movie becomes absorbing : "both of you are looking for me, she says as she appears or speaks to the twice orphaned girlie and her desperate widower ,both of you miss each other ".
Today's audience will dismiss it as old hat ,but these who have kept their child's soul will enjoy it. Uncle can throw away his psychology book without tears , and forget about unicorns ;as Hittie finally says: little boys,it's time you were in bed" .