The Gift of Love

When Bill Beck saves Hitty from the sea, her head is on his left shoulder.

In the next shot when Bill climbs up the stairs, her head is on his right shoulder.

I remember it exactly as the reviewer above. I was about the same age when i first saw it and just recall being drawn in to the story from the little orphans point of view.

Two years after "written on the wind" ,here they are again: Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack like in Douglas Sirk's classic ,they get married and they haven't got any children.There the comparison ends .

In this film, we have 70 minutes to reconcile ourselves to the fact that the lead character (Lauren Bacall) is going to die. If we've already seen the original version of this Fox melodrama, we know just how much of an eternity that hour and ten minutes may seem.

When the film begins, Julie and William (Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack) fall in love and get married. They're incredibly happy and life seems grand.

OK, I've seen some sappy movies in my time, but none as saccharine as this. It's the story of preparing for the future of one's loved ones, facing the possibility of death with dignity and leaving a legacy of comfort for the survivors behind.

Julie (Lauren Bacall) marries theoretical physicist Bill Beck (Robert Stack). He's a real life rocket scientist working for the government.

Typical Hollywood fanfare with tinsel town probably taking advantage of Bob Stack and Lauren Bacalle two years before in "Written on the Wind." From the beginning, you would swear that this was going to be a comedy.

I originally saw this on TV as a child and thought it was so incredibly sad. Recently, I had the opportunity to see it again and thought it was a bit campy, but it was the 1950s.

I was quite young (around 14) when I saw this movie on TV. While I could not remember the cast very much at that time, the story and the way the actors/actresses had carried the story through made a lasting impression on me - what it means when any child can be your child - it takes only to show love and how it can fill the gaps in our lives.