1942, MGM film company of the United States adapted james hilton's novel of the same name into the film Random Harvest. The film was directed by Mo Wen Leroy, the director of Broken Bridge. He pays attention to emotional people and reveals the emotional world of characters in a specific historical period by using film art techniques, which makes the film have a strong internal lyric color. Famous American movie stars Ronald Coleman and Gloria Carson play the leading roles respectively. As soon as the film was staged, it caused a sensation and won five awards, namely, best film, best screenwriter, best director, best leading actor and best supporting actor, which became an enduring love classic business card.
The film tells a tortuous and touching love story caused by special reasons in a specific historical period.
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During the First World War, the war spread all over the European continent. Charles Rainier, a rich boy in Britain, served in the army and served as a major in Wessex. The evil war changed his fate: in a battle in Arras, France, he was stunned by artillery bombardment and was captured by the Germans. After waking up, he lost his memory. He doesn't know who he is and can't contact his family. Later, by exchanging prisoners of war, he returned to his motherland and was admitted to a mental hospital in Mel Blitch, central England. People there call him Smith.
At the end of the war, many patients in Mel Blitch Mental Hospital were claimed by their families and taken away. Smith is also eager to have a family to claim. Disappointed that he was not claimed once, he escaped from the mental hospital on Armistice Day, taking advantage of the fog all over the sky. In a small cigarette shop, he met beautiful, kind and bold Paula. Paula is an actress in a touring troupe. Seeing Charles' language barrier, amnesia, weakness and inability to take care of himself, kind Polat felt pity and extended a helping hand. The mental hospital is looking for Charles, and the troupe that wants to perform elsewhere will not take him away. Paula can't bear to leave him, but she can't take him with her. In order to help Charles, she resolutely quit her job and took Charles to Devon to live and recuperate.
Under Paula's careful care, Charles's condition improved rapidly and gradually recovered his self-care ability. He began to write articles and contribute to newspapers and periodicals, and achieved success. Get along day and night, they have love. At this time, Charles had no family background, no fixed occupation, no social status and no stable income. But Paula married Charles without hesitation and began a happy life.
One day, the newspaper sent a telegram inviting Charles to Liverpool to discuss the employment of the newspaper. The couple were overjoyed. Charles packed his bags soon after giving birth and said goodbye to his wife and newborn son. Who would have thought that since then, the fate has undergone earth-shaking changes!
In Liverpool, Charles accidentally fell down on his way to the newspaper because of the rain, and his head was hit hard by a taxi that couldn't stop. The car accident changed his fate again. He suddenly recalled the memory of his life three years ago, knowing that his name was Charles Rainier, the son of a famous British industrialist, but he forgot all about the three years he lived with Paula. The only thing that can be linked with his life in these three years is the door key in his pocket, but he can't remember where this key is and how it was in his pocket. His memory is like two doors: one opens and the other closes.
Charles returned to Rainier's house because of his old memories. With courage and excellent management ability, he quickly became famous in the industrial circle and attracted wide attention from the media. His photos and deeds are also common in many newspapers and magazines.
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As soon as her husband left, there was no news. Paula was seriously ill and lost her beloved son. The situation is very tragic. In order to find a husband, she spent all her savings and did all kinds of work. She managed to find Dr. Bennett in a mental hospital. The doctor concluded that her husband didn't abandon her on purpose, but his memory was out of order. Paula, who is persistent in love, has never given up looking for her husband after human suffering. When working as a secretary in a company, she happened to see Charles' photos and deeds in a magazine, so she had a brainwave and applied to be Charles' private secretary under the pseudonym "Margaret".
Regrettably, the appearance of Paula herself failed to restore Charles' memory. Paula worked hard and was considerate of Charles, and gradually won Charles' goodwill and trust, becoming Charles' indispensable right-hand man.
While working for Charles, Paula noticed that Charles often played with the door key, and concluded that Charles was her husband, knowing that he still remembered his old love, but lost the memory of that life. Paula tried many times to remind Charles of the memory of those three years, but every time it didn't work, and none of her efforts succeeded. Paula was deeply sad and disappointed.
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Time flies and things change. Both Charles and Paula have admirers, but in their hearts, true love remains the same.
Paula, beautiful and steady, has always been loved by Mr. Larry of Charles Company and psychiatrist Bennett. However, for their love, Paula gave trust and pure friendship in return. She is deeply attached to her husband and firmly believes that his memory will be restored one day.
Charles, who is mature, steady and successful, is the pursuit goal of his sister's stepdaughter Katie. Katie was madly in love with him in middle school. Charles also likes his beautiful young and energetic niece. A few years later, Katie graduated from college and became more and more beautiful. Under Katie's constant offensive, Charles finally proposed to her. Katie was overjoyed, but could not believe it. As the wedding approached, they came to the church to choose wedding hymns. The familiar melody fascinated Charles, trying to capture the emotions buried deep in his memory. Smart and sensitive Katie suddenly realized that she was not the woman Charles loved deeply, so she broke up with him painfully and decisively. This undoubtedly deeply hurt Charles, who realized that he was a mentally unsound person and thought that all this must be related to that lost memory.
In order to retrieve that forgotten life, Charles left without saying goodbye and came to Liverpool alone. Paula also came to help. Prompted by Paula, they came to the hotel where Charles stayed. In the face of his clothes, Li Heceng's pen name, Charles has no impression. Paula's efforts failed again.
Soon, with the help of Paula, Charles was elected as a member of Congress. Charles, who had always felt that Paula was familiar and could not be confirmed, realized that Paula would be a good helper in his career, so he proposed to Paula. Paula promised him to marry him again in order to arouse his memory and find the true love between them. Three years later, such a life still failed to restore his memory. Paula was very sad, so she decided to leave Charles for a while and travel abroad. Before leaving, she specially told Charles that she would go to a village in Devon before going abroad, where she was very happy. While Paula was missing the happy days in the country, Charles came to Mel Blitch to solve the strike problem. The strike problem was solved smoothly. It's starting to fog. Charles wanted to buy cigarettes and subconsciously went to a small cigarette shop. Miracle appeared: fog, small cigarette shops, streets and mental hospitals slowly reminded Charles of the past, and the tightly closed door in memory finally opened.
Charles followed the footsteps of the past and came to the country house where Paula lived. He took out the key that puzzled him from his pocket, stepped forward quickly and opened the door. At this time, Paula arrived at the scene, and the couple, just like Paula and the Smithsonian, finally reunited and harvested randomly.
Love is the most beautiful and pure feeling of human beings, and it is the eternal theme of eulogizing by scholars in past dynasties. Looking at today's society, the emergence of old dross and material desires will inevitably lead to confusion in people's minds. Re-reading historical classics and business cards with all kinds of incorrect views on love is helpful to clarify ideas, establish correct views on love and improve humanistic cultivation.