Random Harvest

"He had found love - lost it - and now had found it again!"

1942 2h 5m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 118

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

“He had found love - lost it - and now had found it again!”

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Cast

Ronald Colman
Charles Rainier
Greer Garson
Paula
Philip Dorn
Dr. Jonathan Benet
Susan Peters
Kitty
Henry Travers
Dr. Sims
Reginald Owen
"Biffer"
Bramwell Fletcher
Harrison
Rhys Williams
Sam

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Writers: Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

MONEY

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Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 7

MONEY

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Made its money back 6.7× over at the box office.

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3 / 7

ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Ronald Colman and Greer Garson and Philip Dorn carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He had found love - lost it - and now had found it again!".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035238 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mervyn LeRoy directs. Harold F. Kress cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 6.7× over at the box office.
384 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ronald Colman and Greer Garson and Philip Dorn carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "He had found love - lost it - and now had found it again!".
7IMDB entry: tt0035238 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Editing: Harold F. Kress
Production design: Cedric Gibbons
Costume design: Robert Kalloch
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,210,000
Box office: $8,147,000
Return: 673% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Random Harvest (1942)

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barrymost2020-09-13
★ 10/10
This is simply one of the most beautiful love stories ever made. The somewhat convoluted plot concerns a shell-shocked WWII veteran who remembers nothing of his life before the war, not even his own name. He escapes from the mental institution he's been confined to, and falls for a beautiful chorus girl he meets on the street. They're obviously meant for each other, but then tragedy strikes, and their ideal life together is no more. The great Ronald Colman and the lovely Greer Garson are fantastic together. No one was more perfectly suited to this hard-hitting romantic drama than these two. In the novel by James Hilton, Smithy, the character played by Colman in the film, is supposed to be somewhere in his mid-twenties, while Colman was about fifty when he did this. But since it's Ronald Colman, hey, let's face it: no one in their right mind is going to be complaining. Plus, it helps that the span of time covered in the story is at least ten or twenty years. The plot is so tricky and involved, you must pay close attention and remain awake and alert throughout the course of the film. But every moment is worth it. As you watch, you want nothing more than to see these two wonderful people find happiness together. It's a long movie, but when the ending finally rolls around, you're bound to have a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart, because let me tell you, that ending is pure bliss.

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