The Stranger's Return

1933
1h 29m

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Lionel Barrymore, Miriam Hopkins, and Franchot Tone in The Stranger's Return (1933)

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

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Lionel Barrymore

Grandpa Storr

Miriam Hopkins

Louise Storr

Franchot Tone

Guy Crane

Stuart Erwin

Simon Bates

Irene Hervey

Nettie Crane

Beulah Bondi

Beatrice Storr

Grant Mitchell

Allen Redfield

Tad Alexander

Widdie Crane

Aileen Carlyle

Thelma Redfield

Erville Alderson

Farmhand
(uncredited)

Ernie Alexander

Whitney - Farmhand
(uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Farmhand
(uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Dr. Rizzell
(uncredited)

Edmund Breese

Dr. Craig
(uncredited)

Ben Hall

Farmhand
(uncredited)

Henry Hall

Farmhand
(uncredited)

Harry Holman

Dr. Spaulding
(uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Farmhand
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This film did well at the box office, earning a profit for MGM of $106,000 ($2.1M in 2018) according to studio records.

Goofs
In the interior scene where Tone drives Hopkins back to granddad's farm, the back-projected dirt road is clearly seen through the rear window of the auto. Switching to an exterior shot, Tone stops the car to open a gate, drive the car through, close the gate and continue driving. The next interior shot with the rear window, however, shows only the same dirt road already seen, with no gated fence receding in the distance, as it should.

Quotes
Louise Storr: You know, I have a feeling you aren't quite as bad as you're painted.
Grandpa Storr: Who said I was bad?
Louise Storr: Well, every one who's ever been here.
Grandpa Storr: Confounded liars, every one of them.
Louise Storr: Perhaps they were of afraid of you.
Grandpa Storr: Hmmm.
Louise Storr: Well, I'm not afraid of you, how do you like that?
Grandpa Storr: That's kind of pleasant for a change.
[They laugh]

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10/10

A quiet story but beautifully told

A very quiet story in terms of action, but full of wonderful performances in material that could have been easily dull in the wrong hands. Miriam Hopkins is at her most beautiful in her prime. When she's on the screen,you simply can't miss her star appeal, which is absolutely magnetic. Not only a beauty, but she proves herself again to be a great actress with a dynamic range. (Also see Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde 1932, Trouble In Paradise, Story Of Temple Drake,and Becky Sharp for Miriam at her best.) Beulah Bondi offers great support with her character that you will love to hate. Lionel Barrymore is also quite lovable in his role as the elderly patriarch of the family.

Don't see this film when you're high energy, but see this film.