Hard-driving U. S. Congresswoman Agatha Reed (Joan Crawford) is invited back to her alma mater to receive an honorary degree despite being expelled as a student. She had a fling with a professor, Dr. James Merrill (Robert Young), who is now the President of the university. Her wartime fling Life magazine photographer Matt Cole (Frank Lovejoy) still holds the flame for her and has been sent to cover the event. The old romances and progressive politics soon become drama during the reunion.
Agatha is the old "modern girl" who sacrificed love for a career. I wouldn't mind more time with Ellen Griswold and a couple of students. It might work better if Pitt is a woman although that would be tough for the time. That whole story of fighting-the-system needs a bit of work. This love triangle does struggle to lay out the new path of romance in modernity. I can see the idea, but it's not really working. Jim is the more obvious match and she definitely spends enough time on him. Matt should go with Woody. They are a perfect personality match or maybe he should just be cut out. This movie has all the pieces, but they aren't quite fitted properly. It may be too much stuff and too many pieces.
Agatha is the old "modern girl" who sacrificed love for a career. I wouldn't mind more time with Ellen Griswold and a couple of students. It might work better if Pitt is a woman although that would be tough for the time. That whole story of fighting-the-system needs a bit of work. This love triangle does struggle to lay out the new path of romance in modernity. I can see the idea, but it's not really working. Jim is the more obvious match and she definitely spends enough time on him. Matt should go with Woody. They are a perfect personality match or maybe he should just be cut out. This movie has all the pieces, but they aren't quite fitted properly. It may be too much stuff and too many pieces.