The
Enchanted Cottage
(1945)
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- Themes
- Grace, Love,
Seeing/Seeing Differently
- "Stars Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young. She
is tragically plain in appearance, downright ugly-looking to some.
He is a once-handsome fighter pilot whose face is disfigured when
his plane crashes. They meet when he is convalescing at the cottage
where she works as a maid. They marry because (if I remember
correctly) they each think the other is the best they will ever be
able to do. Shortly after their marriage, they fall in love. This
discovery causes them to consummate the union. The next morning, she
is radiantly movie-star beautiful, and he is restored to his
handsome self. The catch is, that this is the way they see each
other, but outsiders still see them as their ugly selves, and treat
them accordingly. The only friend they have with whom they can be
themselves is a blind neighbor, who treats them according to their
new self-confidence, which is itself based upon their new self-image
created by love. I have preached this as an illustration of God's
great love for us in bringing about salvation -- seeing us only
through the eyes of love, and not through the eyes of the world,
that stands ready to see only our faults and ugliness."
(submitted by Adrienne Brewington, Hollis NY)
- Transformation (Transfiguration)
- A very early Robert Young film about disfigured war
veteran and a very Plain Jane who keeps house for him in an old
cottage. Neither thinks much of the other to begin with, but they
fall in love, and those who see them later see them as lovely. They
see each other and themselves as lovely, too. (Leslie Gregory,
Crane, TX)
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