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Journey for Margaret (1942)
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15 November 1943 (Sweden)
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An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid...
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Orphan
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Beautiful Woman
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Adoption
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Miscarriage
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WWII
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no cliche, this one
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Robert Young | ... | John Davis |
| Laraine Day | ... | Nora Davis |
| Fay Bainter | ... | Trudy Strauss |
| Nigel Bruce | ... | Herbert V. Allison |
| Margaret O'Brien | ... | Margaret White |
| William Severn | ... | Peter Humphreys |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Mrs. Bailey |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Barrie |
| Halliwell Hobbes | ... | Mr. Barrie |
| Heather Thatcher | ... | Mrs. Harris |
| Jill Esmond | ... | Susan Fleming |
| G.P. Huntley | ... | Rugged |
| Lisa Golm | ... | Frau Weber |
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81 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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The final film of veteran director W.S. Van Dyke. He was dying of cancer while shooting it, and committed suicide not long after its release.
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[the censor cuts out most of Davis' writing about his experiences during the blitz]
John Davis: All I have to show for my month in England is a few brilliant paragraphs ending with three sentences deleted here.
The censor: You'll find we're perfectly willing to sacrifice your chance to win a Pulitzer Prize for our chance to win the war.
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John Davis: All I have to show for my month in England is a few brilliant paragraphs ending with three sentences deleted here.
The censor: You'll find we're perfectly willing to sacrifice your chance to win a Pulitzer Prize for our chance to win the war.
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Featured in "Private Screenings: Child Stars" (2006)
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How refreshing it is to come across a World War Two film minus the usual cliche scenes and ideas that infiltrated so many movies during the war years. Robert Young (as reporter John Davis) gives a consistent and profound portrayal surrounding a real concern for the human condition in terms of the effects of war on children. Margaret O'Brien (as orphan Margaret White)is haunting as the child with the magnesium bomb. William Severn's performance (as playmate Peter Humphreys) is addictive. But then there is so much good acting in this film by so many of the cast, especially that of Fay Bainter (as Trudy Strauss). The film makes it clear that war is the common enemy of all children, for, as Trudy says, "surely children must be allowed to cry for all they have lost."