| An unremarkable (by today's standards)
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| | she learns that she will not be able to
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| childrearing melodrama in which Cary
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| | bear children anymore. But why did they
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| Grant delivers a performance so good that
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| | have to go to Japan to arrive at that
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| he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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| | point is a moot script question that is
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| George Stevens directed the script by
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| | left unanswered. Couldn't the same fate
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| Morrie Ryskind.The whole movie unfolds as
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| | befall Julie if she had another accident
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| a series of linear flashbacks, each
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| | closer to home? Why did they have to go
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| triggered by the LP records a
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| | all the way to Japan, is not clear. The
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| disconsolate Julie (Irene Dunne) is
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| | whole "Tokyo episode" stands out like a
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| playing on a gramophone just before she
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| | joke without a punch line.The rest of
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| leaves her house for good. The reason?
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| | this drama unfolds as the story of the
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| There does not seem to be anything left
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| | married couple's desperate effort to
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| in her marriage to keep her there. We are
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| | adopt a child, and once adopted, not to
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| soon to learn the reason why and all the
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| | lose her.There is yet another "baby
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| tragic events that led her to that
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| | sequence" in the middle of the movie
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| wistful moment.The first couple of times
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| | which could easily be part of an
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| the revolving LP record dissolves into a
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| | unrelated comedy. Grant again excels in
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| "memory hole" through which we enter a
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| | this sequence, almost paying tribute to
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| slice of life in Julie's past, we enjoy
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| | the early years he spent during his teens
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| it as a manifestation of a director's
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| | as a pantomime and acrobat with Bob
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| creativity. But the sixth or the seventh
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| | Pender's troupe. We see the young couple
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| time that happens, we wonder how many
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| | going through many of the anxieties in
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| times we have to suffer the same
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| | taking care of their adopted 5-week
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| unrelentingly mechanical idea. It gets
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| | daughter. (Is she asleep or did she quit
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| old pretty quickly proving that
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| | breathing?)They are so inexperienced,
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| consistency is not always a virtue.Cary
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| | they don't even know how to hold a baby
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| Grant plays the young and dashing
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| | or bath her and change her diaper.But we
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| newspaper reporter Roger Adams who
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| | can't also help notice the progress of a
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| marries the love of his life Julie
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| | father-daughter bonding between Grant and
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| (played by Irene Dunne) on the eve of his
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| | his infant daughter despite the fact that
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| departure to Tokyo to take over his
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| | originally he asked for a 2-year old boy
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| newspaper's Japan bureau. It also happens
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| | "with blond curly hair and blue eyes."For
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| to be the Christmas night, complete with
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| | the first couple of years Roger's newly
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| the obligatory snowfall (as in another
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| | established weekly newspaper business,
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| Cary Grant movie, BISHOP'S WIFE
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| | helped by the press veteran Applejack,
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| (1948)).Once established in Tokyo, Roger
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| | seems to be making the ends meet. But
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| has Julie join him at his new opulent
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| | then his business takes a sudden downturn
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| digs complete with a family of Japanese
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| | and suddenly he is a man without an
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| house servants. Julie is both delighted
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| | income.Since they are still at a
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| and astonished that Roger can sustain
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| | "probationary period" in their adoption
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| that level of luxury with only a
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| | process, the ever-vigilant adoption
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| reporter's salary. We remember an earlier
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| | agency in the person of Miss Oliver
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| scene in which her friend Applejack
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| | (Beulah Bondi) takes Roger to court. The
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| (Edgar Buchanan) warned her against
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| | judge is supposed to take the girl back
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| getting involved with a journalist. Is
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| | because a family without income is not a
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| there something shady about Roger or past
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| | fit place for any child to grow up
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| that we would know about yet?Two
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| | in.However, Cary grant in yet another
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| interesting things happen during the
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| | excellent scene, delivers this really
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| "Tokyo sequence" that bring both Roger's
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| | emotional monologue about the pain of
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| character and the script's strength into
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| | separation from his daughter, and the
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| question.In the first scene, Roger
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| | absurdity of taking a child back as
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| announces Julie that he has quit his job
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| | though she was a car or a furniture
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| thanks to his family inheritance. Now
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| | repossessed because the owner has been
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| they can go travel around the world
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| | late in payments. His appeal as a
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| before they settle down and raise a
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| | heartbroken father wins the day and the
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| family, although during their dating
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| | judge allows him to take her back
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| period Roger showed some reluctance to
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| | home.After so many spinning gramophone
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| suffer pranks of children (the beach
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| | records dissolving into flashback scenes,
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| scene) gladly.It turns out what Roger
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| | we watch the child grow and take a small
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| calls "an inheritance" is just about ten
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| | part in a Christmas play at school as her
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| thousand dollars, which shrinks further
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| | very proud parents watch her and give all
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| down to $8,000 after he pays his
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| | their support despite a minor mishap on
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| outstanding bills. It is a let down for
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| | the stage that ruins her day.Then
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| Julie. He accuses Roger by acting
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| | disaster strikes, as it should in a
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| "childishly." We'll see this pattern for
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| | tragedy. We read in a letter written to
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| the rest of the movie: Roger will always
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| | Miss Oliver that the child has died
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| come across as a man with grand ideas and
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| | following an illness. Since up to that
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| much self-confidence who, however, can't
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| | point we have not seen a single scene in
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| deliver the bacon at the end.The second
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| | which the child suffered from any
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| important development in the "Tokyo
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| | physical ailments, this also comes across
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| sequence" is the earthquake that levels
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| | as contrived a plot point as the earlier
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| their home. As we continue to watch to
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| | " Tokyo earthquake."After the death of
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| see the "payoff" of this totally
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| | their daughter Roger and Julie's union
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| unexpected natural disaster, the film
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| | starts to unravel quickly. The girl was
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| abruptly shifts back to San Francisco
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| | the bond that kept them together.
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| where Julie is lying in a hospital and
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