Of Human Bondage(Warner Bros.) (1946)

“Some people would do better to mind their own business!” ‘THE night of the Quatz Art ball in Paris was a gay and reckless one but Philip Carey’s (Paul Henreid) tipsy student artist friends inform him of a sobering fact—that his artistic ambitions would never be realized. Philip, hypersensitive of his club foot, and of retiring nature, returns to London planning to use his little remaining funds to study medicine. Then Philip meets Mildred (Eleanor Parker) who is cheap and rude, but he is strangely drawn to her. Philip resolves not to see her again but his work ‘suffers. Philip is finally driven back to the cafe— Mildred has become an obsession. He learns that she has quit her job and gone off to be married. The news is a floodgate of release for Philip’s emotions. Completely at ease, he plunges back into his studies. He meets Nora Nesbit (Alexis Smith), young novelist and woman of the world whose acquaintance he had made in Paris. They become very devoted but Philip doesn’t share her deep feeling of love. One night he returns to his apartment to find the crumpled, defeated figure of the girl he thought ® Order “631 Story-In-Pictures Mat 502X” from Warner Bros. Campaign Plan Editor, 321 West 44th St., New York 18, N. Y. talk about “If I were a gentleman I wouldn’t start with touch you.” forever out of his life. Mildred plaintively tells him of her lover’s broken promise to marry her, his desertion, and of her pregnancy. Philip draws away from Nora and devotes himself to Mildred. He pays her living and medical expenses, and when the baby is born takes them to the seashore. After the respite they plan to go to Paris to be married. Philip is once again happy and hopeful. Philip fails to reckon with his friend Griffiths (Patric Knowles), quite the ladies’ man, who intrigues Mildred. She deliberately encourages his flirtations. Philip begs Griffiths to keep away, and he promises. But once again Mildred reverts to type—she refuses to go to Paris with him, and brutally admits that she and Griffiths are having an affair. Coldly ironical, Philip even gives her money for herself and her lover. He weathers the blow, and finds refuge in his work. Among the patients in the hospital he finds a friend, Anthelny (Edmund Gwenn). Anthelny, a_ gay, hearty unconventional, invites him home for Sunday dinner and Philip has a delightful time. The engagement be “Go on—run away if you can — good riddance to bad rubbish!” the story ss “Sally — you are like milk and honey.” comes a standing one for him, and Philip becomes attached to the family. Anthelny’s pretty seventeen year old daughter Sally (Janis Paige) can hardly conceal her love for him. By chance, Philip again sees Mildred. She relates a piteous account of her efforts to provide for herself and her baby. Though his love is cold, Philip feels compelled to help her. Christmas Eve. is the climax, after she has rifled his savings box to buy a chemise to entice him. He coldly rejects her in an exchange of bitter recrimination, and rushes out of the house to escape her vile epithets. Mildred in a frenzy of rage slashes his paintings and puts the apartment to ruin. Philip returns to find Mildred gone, his savings burned, and his quarters beyond repair. He wanders dazedly through the rain and finds his way to the rooms he earlier occupied. Griffiths takes him to the hospital. There, Philip sees the emaciated form of Mildred in a coma—she never comes out of it. He goes to the Anthelneys’ and asks for Sally. She comes to him with her eyes full of love and Philip asks her to be his wife. A HIT FEATURE that is now being published regularly by newspapers across the country . . . the story-in-pictures for a one-day plant, featured as the “‘movie of-the-week.”’ This one’s especially good, based on the Maugham best-seller. mildred on woman’s page Newspaper’s fashion editor answers the question with an analysis of what to do for Mildred to make her look like a lady. For illustration use 2-column mat 2E on page 5. COLUMNIST: Subject for an interesting column is the strange fascination a woman like Mildred could have for a man like Philip. They are miles apart in manners, culture and social position, yet strangely their tormented romance is one of the great stories of all time. Perhaps column could CASE HISTORY: Leading social welfare expert is interviewed on how your community attempts to prevent the moral disintegration of a woman like Mildred. She presents Mildred’s story in the form of a case history, prepared from synopsis or screening. be in the form of an interview with a psychiatrist. FASHION EDITOR: “Do clothes make the woman?” 19