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Was so looking forward to the fourth and final season, but it turned out to be a major disappointment...what had been a "brilliant" first three seasons unfortunately gave way to an overlong and tiresome soap opera. In fact the first three episodes of this last season were so "Peyton Place" that it never recovered nor matched the excellence of the preceding seasons. This is not to say that the series is not worth a look-just beware of a change in plot and script quality. Not sure why there was a go-ahead to add two more episodes (preceding seasons were eight episodes apiece) because the end result is dragged out.

Possibly the worst major motion picture of the early 1940s. Interminable, corny, and sappy with a barrage of scenes the director did not know how to complete or use as a segue to other scenes. Fay Bainter gives the most embarrassing, cringe-worthy turn in an otherwise great career. Yes, the movie is 80 years old and must have served as a comfort to war-weary citizens, but was America ever really like this? Beyond nicely restrained performances from both Mickey Rooney and Frank Morgan, the only reason to slog through this overbaked ham is to see some future film/TV/stage stars at the start of their careers: Donna Reed, Robert Mitchum, Don DeFore, Barry Nelson, etc.