Jeannie

I stumbled on this British film from 1941, Jeannie, and was charmed at once by its strong, stoic heroine who has to put up with her aged father's cruel taunts while she slaves away serving him his tea and doing his laundry. Barbara Mullen was quite plucky in the role and I smiled through much of the picture. Michael Redgrave is always good and here he's quite handsome as Jeannie's "savior" when, after her father dies and leaves her some money for all her years of servitude to him, she decides to take a trip to Vienna and makes mistake after mistake on her tour; he steps in like a good gentleman and helps her out. He's on his way to Vienna to sell his newly designed washing machine. Will that be successful and help bring him and Jeannie together permanently?

You can find this film online if you do a search for it. The print quality is a little soft but tolerable. This was Barbara Mullen's first movie. Now I'd like to see more of her!