Lydia (1941)
Adapted from a French movie entitled Un Carnet de Bal, this is a story of love unrequited. In one of her best performances, Merle Oberon portrays an elderly woman who has spent her life waiting for a man whom she had a brief liaison with but who never returned for her as he had promised. Casting aside three suitors over a forty year period, she has spent her life in solitude. When a party is arranged and all three of her spurned suitors show up, a surprise fourth is also present--her original true love. Denouement is somewhat of a surprise in this romantic love story. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Merle Oberon, Edna May Oliver, (more)
- Director(s):
- Julien Duvivier
Synopsis of Lydia
Adapted from a French movie entitled Un Carnet de Bal, this is a story of love unrequited. In one of her best performances, Merle Oberon portrays an elderly woman who has spent her life waiting for a man whom she had a brief liaison with but who never returned for her as he had promised. Casting aside three suitors over a forty year period, she has spent her life in solitude. When a party is arranged and all three of her spurned suitors show up, a surprise fourth is also present--her original true love. Denouement is somewhat of a surprise in this romantic love story. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
Complete Cast of Lydia
- Merle Oberon - Lydia MacMillan
- Alan Marshal - Richard Mason
- Hans Yaray - Frank Andre
- Sara Allgood - Johnny's Mother
- Billy Ray - Johnny
- Edna May Oliver - Granny
- Joseph Cotten - Michael Fitzpatrick
- George Reeves - Bob Willard
- John Halliday - Fitzpatrick the Butler
- Director(s):
- Julien Duvivier
- Writer(s):
- Samuel Hoffenstein, Ben Hecht
- Producer(s):
- Alexander Korda
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