Top billed cast

1. 

   Dorothy McGuire

   Laura Pennington

2. 

   Robert Young

   Oliver Bradford

3. 

   Herbert Marshall

   Major John Hillgrove

4. 

   Mildred Natwick

   Mrs. Abigail Minnett

5. 

   Spring Byington

   Violet Price

6. 

   Hillary Brooke

   Beatrice Alexander

7. 

   Richard Gaines

   Frederick 'Freddy' Price

8. 

   Alec Englander

   Danny 'Taxi' Stanton

9. 

   Robert Clarke

   Marine Corporal

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-04-28

You’re driftwood, floating underwater.

The Enchanted Cottage is directed by John Cromwell and adapted to the screen by Herman Mankiewicz and DeWItt Bodeen from the play of the same name by Arthur Wing Pinero. It stars Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall and Mildred Natwick. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff.

Once a play it had been adapted to the silent screen previously in 1924, latterly it would also be adapted to radio plays and remade on the big screen in 2016. Pinero's literate leanings for message fantastical is ripe for transference to the visua...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• suicide attempt
• transformation
• seclusion
• enchantment
• based on play or musical
• cottage
• maid
• kindness
• new england
• disfigured face
• war injury
• told in flashback
• canteen
• fiancée
• war trauma
• ugly girl
• american g.i.
• blind musician
• act of kindness