A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.
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- Dr. Rizzell
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- Dr. Craig
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- Dr. Spaulding
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Storyline
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- TriviaThis film did well at the box office, earning a profit for MGM of $106,000 ($2.1M in 2018) according to studio records.
- GoofsIn the interior scene where Tone drives Hopkins back to granddad's farm, the back-projected dirt road is clearly seen through the rear window of the auto. Switching to an exterior shot, Tone stops the car to open a gate, drive the car through, close the gate and continue driving. The next interior shot with the rear window, however, shows only the same dirt road already seen, with no gated fence receding in the distance, as it should.
- Quotes
Louise Storr: You know, I have a feeling you aren't quite as bad as you're painted.
Grandpa Storr: Who said I was bad?
Louise Storr: Well, every one who's ever been here.
Grandpa Storr: Confounded liars, every one of them.
Louise Storr: Perhaps they were of afraid of you.
Grandpa Storr: Hmmm.
Louise Storr: Well, I'm not afraid of you, how do you like that?
Grandpa Storr: That's kind of pleasant for a change.
[They laugh]
Hopkins and Barrymore are just delightful as they strike up a fast friendship. "You know, I have a feeling you aren't quite as bad as you're painted," Hopkins offers in a charming early scene where the pair get acquainted sitting on a porch swing. "Who said I was bad?" Barrymore growls back—with a mischievous smirk and slightly raised eyebrow.
Stuart Erwin is excellent as Grandpa's devoted if melancholy farm hand. And Franchot Tone is just right as the educated neighbor farmer, loyal to his family and farm although he is powerfully attracted by Hopkins' charm and sophistication and misses the university where he really should be teaching.
Funny and poignant, the picture is full of endearing moments and simple yet memorable episodes. The threshing day lunch, for example—when a farmer at the crowded dinner table asks Hopkins for one more piece of pie, the result is hilarious and unforgettable.
- csteidler
- Feb 15, 2015
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- El regreso de una extraña
- Filming locations
- Chino, California, USA(as Pittsville)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1