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"Night Into Morning," with Ray Milland and Nancy Davis (eventually Nancy Reagan).
A part tear-jerker, part poor-man's "The Lost Weekend," as Ray Milland's character, a college professor, loses his wife and child in a home gas explosion that pushes him into a downward spiral of depression accompanied by an increasing dependency on alcohol. The movie follows his decent, his friends and colleagues reactions and, overall, attempts to help him, his students' travails, his best friend's rocky engagement, some inconsistent interaction with his neighbors and a final dramatic scene (which I'll leave unmentioned for those who haven't seen it).
Even though it was predictable and uneven, I enjoyed it overall, in part for the movie itself and, in part, for the 1950s college campus and town time travel.
A part tear-jerker, part poor-man's "The Lost Weekend," as Ray Milland's character, a college professor, loses his wife and child in a home gas explosion that pushes him into a downward spiral of depression accompanied by an increasing dependency on alcohol. The movie follows his decent, his friends and colleagues reactions and, overall, attempts to help him, his students' travails, his best friend's rocky engagement, some inconsistent interaction with his neighbors and a final dramatic scene (which I'll leave unmentioned for those who haven't seen it).
Even though it was predictable and uneven, I enjoyed it overall, in part for the movie itself and, in part, for the 1950s college campus and town time travel.
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