Sublime Indulgência

This Love of Ours is a huge, old-fashioned melodrama, so you might as well pop some corn to blend in with the corniness of the movie. It stars Charles Korvin as a singer father and successful doctor. He's never dated anyone since his wife died, and he's completely devoted to his little girl, Sue England. When he randomly goes to a restaurant and recognizes a magician's assistant, the audience gets treated to a huge flashback of how he met his wife.

In case you've seen the Rock Hudson version Never Say Goodbye, you already know the story. They're both very soapy and attempt to make you reach for your Kleenex box, but there are far better melodramas out there (especially ones with mother issues at the core). The Merle Oberon character is written to be pretty unlikable and stupid, so how are we supposed to root for her? Charles's character is a bit wishy-washy, so even though they appear to deserve each other, is no one really thinking of the child? The big difference between the two versions is the sidekick character of Claude Rains (played by George Sanders in the remake). In the original, Claude is just a flamboyant artist who delivers quips and draws cartoons; but George is in love with the heroine in the remake, making for a more interesting story.

Personally, I'd recommend Stella Dallas or The Old Maid instead, but if you really love Merle, you can give this one a shot. She's made bigger tearjerkers in her day, though, like Wuthering Heights or 'Til We Meet Again.