Review of Blossoms in the Dust

I enjoy the occasional weepie as much the next man, but this flick is really borderline. Tragic strikes and strikes and strikes - it is relentless. Suicides, deaths in accidents etc. Etc. - the only things missing are a murder and a pandemic. Notwithstanding that, the film is well-directed and mostly well-acted. Greer Garson is convincing, though I found Walter Pidgeon's character relatively underdeveloped. Felix Bressart makes a nice doctor. Still, a bit of comic relief - just occasionally - would have been most welcome. It would have made for a better picture.