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Director:
William A. Wellman
Writers:
Robert Carson (writer)
Rudyard Kipling (novel)
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Release Date:
24 December 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Only Rudyard Kipling could write such a romance! Only Ronald Colman could play such a role! more
Plot:
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ronald Colman ... Dick Heldar

Walter Huston ... Torpenhow
Muriel Angelus ... Maisie
Ida Lupino ... Bessie Broke
Dudley Digges ... The Nilghai
Ernest Cossart ... Beeton
Ferike Boros ... Madame Binat
Pedro de Cordoba ... Monsieur Binat
Colin Tapley ... Gardner

Ronald Sinclair ... Dick as a boy
Sarita Wooton ... Maisie as a girl
Halliwell Hobbes ... Doctor
Charles Irwin ... Soldier model
Francis McDonald ... George
George Regas ... Cassavetti
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Espanola, New Mexico, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
Quotes:
Dick Heldar: Painting is seeing, then remembering better than you saw. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942) more

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the Voice that Lights up the Screen, 26 January 2002
Author: JG

In this movie, Colman picks up a little dog, stares into his eyes, and says "I love you." The fur practically melts right off the dog.

This is a shameless old-fashioned love story - but the kind Rudyard Kipling wrote - a strictly for men love story - the women are all heartless or useless, and all that a man really needs to justify his existence is a war, a dog, a horse, a rifle, and his faithful army buddies - but you can forgive all that tripe because of Colman's persuasive persona and performance, Ida Lupino's brave, unsympathetic portrayal, and the trite story that will get to you and leave tears in your eyes, no matter what you believe.

If Colman picked me up and spoke to me the way he spoke to that little dog......

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