She follows him & finds him at the home they shared. She finds out Charles is asking questions of Shopkeepers, which leads her to believe Charles memory is returning. She wants to visit the Town where they married as Smithy & Paula, & were so happy. Margaret is holidaying there, before going overseas, for a short break from the stress of the situation. The Steelworks is next to the Asylum he had escaped from. Margaret hopes by marrying him, he will fall in live with her, & his memory will return.After a number of years, nothing changes, & Margaret is broken hearted.Ĭharles eventually is required to go to the Steelworks he owns, to settle a dispute. This sad state affairs continues for many years, then Charles proposes Marriage to Margaret, as he puts it a business merger, with no emotional strings attached. She is warned not to tell Smithy, now known by his former name, Charles Rainier, that he was her Husband, as it may cause him shock, & cause severe mental problems. She is broken hearted, to find ( Smithy ) has no memory of her, & their love. Shock, who applies for the job, it’s Paula, now reverted to her birhname, Margaret Hanson. He advertises for someone to do his Officeworks, & all other work required in his new position. He resumes his old life as a son of a wealthy family, who lived at Random Hall, & continues on with life, & eventually becomes becomes an owner of a large Steelworks. He regains hi memory of his life before the war. Smithy seems to have a gift for writing, & he is invited to join the Staff on a Newspaper, but as he attempts to cross a road to the Newspaper Office, he is knocked down, & loses his recent memory of Smithy, Paula, & baby Son. They fall in love, & marry, & have a Baby son. After travelling a long distance with him, they find a lovely Guest House to live in, away from danger. She risks all, even gives up her career, to keep him safe. Paula is a Showgirl, sings, & dances on stage, then takes Smithy home with her, to protect him from the law. She then becomes his friend, & protector, calls him Smithy, as he has no other name. Trouble averted, Paula, a vision in loveliness, appears in shop, & alerts him to the danger, & guides him out of the shop. The story opens with the day Armistice is declared, & during the celebrations, the Asylum gates are accidentally left open, & the inmate escapes, & finds his way to a Tobacconists Shop, where he is in danger of being reported, & returned to the Asylum. He is confined to an Asylum, as there is no other suitable Hospital for him. Greer plays Paula Wridgeway/ Margaret Hanson, costarring with Robert Coleman, as an Amnesiac, caused through Shell Shock in the trenches, in WW1. And all of us who watch old films know that people did look more mature back then - they looked like real adults! This is such a romantic film, everyone should see it.I’m a Greer Garson Tragic, this woman was like no other, beautiful, lovely speaking voice, & an excellent Actress. I can't imagine another pair who could play the two romantic leads, Greer Garson is so radiant. And he doesn't seem too old to play Charles Rainier, the prince of industry. You will see that Smithy/Charles Rainier is quite a young man at the beginning - however, I did not find Ronald Colman too old in the role, he overcomes the age difference with his splendid performance. If you know the film, you won't get the little surprise at the end of the book - you will know it already - but it's still a most enjoyable and heartwarming read. This time I was inspired to read the James Hilton novel, Random Harvest, which I recommend to all lovers of the film. I've seen Random Harvest a number of times, but recently I watched it twice as part of TCM's Essentials series hosted by Sidney Pollack.
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