Ronald Colman is a shell-shocked amnesiac at the end of WWI, wanders out of the asylum where he is being kept as a John Doe, and finds a new life.

I picked this up because I really like Serious Honey Ronald Colman, who has one of the sexiest voices ever, and also because I was going to be at the Red Cross for a couple of hours doing apheresis, and since I was getting library dvds I wanted a backup in case my first choice (Dark Victory) was damaged. I've learned this one the hard way.

But no. Both disks were fine, so I watched this one when I got home. Mr. Otter was scornful and refused to be in the room with it, but I have to say, after having read the blurb on the back, I was pleasantly surprised.

Because I knew that he was going to start putting together a life and then regain his memories of his former life, which was going almost certainly going to put a serious spoke in the wheel of the woman he ended up with while his memory was gone. I had no idea how much more interesting than that the plot would get.

And I'm not about to throw a spoiler in here, it was just too much fun to watch. This was a good movie- a little silly and sentimental, but (to use a third S) solid. Good actors, an engaging plot, some romance, good writing, and I really did wonder if it would all would work out in the end, which is not something I am usually concerned about in movies of this sort, since they all too obviously are going to.

Thumbs up from the otter! try this one, it was good.