Enchantment
Year: 1948
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll
Crew: Rumer Godden (Novel), John Patrick (Screenplay), Irving Reis (Director), Gregg Toland (Director of Photography), Julia Heron (Set Decoration), Mary Wills (Costume Design)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Release: Dec 25, 1948
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 10 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

David Niven is old soldier "General Rollo Dane" who returns to his family home after a long absence. Once there he is visited by his niece who wants a WWII wartime billet. Grumpily, he accedes and shortly thereafter they are visited by Farley Granger ("Pax") who turn out to be the nephew of Niven's childhood sweetheart "Larke" (Teresa Wright). Through a series of reminiscences we learn of the blossoming of their young love - despite the machinations of his older sister "Selina" (Jayne Meadows) and of how it all fell apart. Meantime we see the burgeoning romance between the latter day youngsters as they, too, fall in love. Niven features sparingly, and when he does he doesn't quite sparkle. The film sort of plods along with a certain inevitability that seemed completely unnecessary had only the hero actually "grown a pair". It looks good, but I'm not sure I'd bother to watch it again.