For 1940s audiences, the movie is a rousing call to arms for the nuclear family to band together. William severn is perhaps not quite as accomplished as an actor, but as an. Margarets journey to the screen mayve been rocky, but the result is a singularly compelling study of trauma. Jun 22, 2010 robert young is john and fiveyearold duse margaret obrien is margaret in an acclaimed wartime drama that is both tender and urgent, a sensitive film that never falls prey to sentiment thanks to. Mar 17, 2014 journey for margaret is a movie interpreted in different ways from 1942 to today. Van dyke powell and loy, eddy and macdonald britannica. It stars robert young and laraine day as a couple who have to deal with the loss of. Journey for margaret is a 1942 drama film set in london in world war ii. Apr 07, 2011 obrien, who became a major star in movies like journey for margaret 1942 and meet me in st. Isadore dore schary august 31, 1905 july 7, 1980 was an american playwright, director and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures.
Journey films has produced more than 30 documentary films that have aired on pbs, abc, nbc, the bbc and on broadcast outlets around the world. Journey for margaret, is an everlasting testament to the hardship the british citizens had to endure during the blitz. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to america. I was a volunteer and part of my job was stamping discards. Journey for margaret 1942 journey for margaret is a movie interpreted in different ways from 1942 to today.
Journey for margaret will capture your heart and bring you into the exciting, melancholy world of world war ii. Ive never been able to finish the movie a journey for margaret that i started one afternoon on tcm, but i was so taken by the scenes i had watched, that i searched out the book out of print by bill white. Van dykes final work was the boxoffice hit journey for margaret 1942, a sentimental world war ii drama, with fiveyearold margaret obrien playing a survivor of the london blitz who is adopted by an american couple robert young and laraine day. Throughout the year 2000, npr presented the stories behind 100 of the most important american musical works of the 20th century. Oct 18, 20 outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with orphans margaret and her brother peter. Journey films was founded in 1983 by awardwinning filmmaker martin doblmeier as a television and film production company specializing in religion, faith and spirituality. And journey for margaret 1942 was the part that brought you to everyones attention. Journey for margaret 1942 journeys in classic film. They were a hopeful people of that specific time period. Journey for margaret original theatrical trailer youtube. Journey for margaret 1942 in the midst of wartorn london, american journalist john davis robert young and his wife, nora laraine day, lose their unborn baby in a bombing raid.
Journey for margaret 1942 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Van dyke on allmovie journey for margaret is a much better picture. Jun 16, 2017 the journey, directed by nick hamm, written by colin bateman, announces at the outset, this story imagines that journey that journey being how paisley and mcguinness decided to bury the hatchet. Louis, child actress margaret obrien made her star debut two years earlier in the war orphan story journey for margaret. Three brits margaret, cassie, harry travel and settle down under and the film records their hopes, jobs nurse, factory worker, engineer, challenges accents, casual work ethic, locals wary of the poms and adventures in the new country tramping, skiing, milk bars, the.
Other articles where journey for margaret is discussed. Sixyear legal battle over kenneth lonergans margaret. Obrien, who became a major star in movies like journey for margaret 1942 and meet me in st. It is an adaptation of the book of the same name in which william lindsay white and his wife described their experiences adopting an orphan in london. Principal photography commenced and was completed that autumn, but lonergan needed extra time to edit margaret. Journey for margaret stars robert young and margaret obrien would be reunited two decades later on an episode of youngs tv series marcus welby md, in which ms. Young margaret o brien, in her first starring role and peter william severn have grown so attached that newsman john robert young finds he can t leave them with the generous london couple halliwell hobbes, doris lloyd who ve agreed to adopt, in mgm s journey for margaret, 1942. Journey for three this national film unit dramatised doco was boosterism for postwar immigration to new zealand. An american newspaperman and his wife, end up in london after several retreats in the opening days of wwii. Jul 14, 2018 lance nielsen and alex tabrizi is raising funds for the journey independent feature film on kickstarter. Journey for a princess is a fascinating look at prenorman invasion england and europe during the then they discarded and sold it at the booksale, i missed the day they discarded it.
Van dyke ii, with robert young, laraine day, fay bainter, at turner classic movies. Journey for margaret 1942 movie clip you wont leave me. I have a 1942 life magazine article with pictures of the real margaret, plus a. The 150minute version briefly released theatrically last year was an inchoate masterpiece, perhaps, but a masterpiece nevertheless. The war has taken a toll on john professionally, as he has.
Rather, it is a war correspondents dispatches to america during the blitz. Journey for margaret 1942 in the midst of wartorn london, american journalist john davis robert young and his wife, nora laraine day, lose their unborn baby in a. Journeys in film dedicated to advancing global education. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets margaret. N ick hamms the journey is a speculative whatif drama about a. Margaret obrien is an american film, radio, television, and stage actress.
Robert young and laraine day in journey for margaret 1942 robert young and margaret obrien in journey for margaret 1942 margaret. David hortons 2,700 mile run of the pacific crest trail. Inside the fall of a teenager kenneth lonergans critically acclaimed film margaret stars anna paquin as lisa, a manhattan teenager who tries to make sense of a bus accident she may. Van dyke was 51 when he was called to active service by the marines after pearl harbor. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by william lindsay white. In the midst of wartorn london, american journalist john davis robert young and his wife, nora laraine day, lose their unborn baby in a bombing raid. Yes, i wanted that film so bad because i really felt i was that child. Best known today for her oscarwinning performance in 1994s meet me in st. Journey for margaret 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This movie was made at the beginning of world war ii. Its a weird sentence and i got tripped up on it initially. For the better part of the war thus far, new york news correspondent john davis and his wife nora davis have been in the hot spots of western europe, including rotterdam and much of. Jungle book is a 1942 independent technicolor actionadventure film by the hungarian korda brothers, based on a screenplay adaptation by laurence stallings of rudyard kiplings the jungle book, about a wild boy who is kidnapped by villagers who are cruel to animals as they attempt to steal a dead kings cursed treasure. Watch journey for margaret online stream full movie. With robert young, laraine day, fay bainter, nigel bruce. Journey for margaret is a beautiful film about the stress of world war ii. Later films work was the boxoffice hit journey for margaret 1942, a sentimental world war ii drama, with fiveyearold margaret obrien playing a survivor of the london blitz who is adopted by an american couple robert young and laraine day. Support journeys in film when you shop through amazon smile, a portion of your purchases will go to support our free resources on journeys in film. He directed just one feature film, act one, the film biography of his friend, playwright and theater director moss hart. Watch journey for margaret starring robert young in this drama on directv. This was the movie that convinced vincente minnelli to cast obrien in meet me in st.
The film tells the story of a young engineer roberto airaldi from buenos aires who met a girl mirtha legrand at cordoba province falling in love with her. The blitz, with a capital b, was the relentless bombing by german bombers on london, an attack that later was more or less forgotten when the german cities had to endure similar devastation, when the tables were turned around, and it was time for payback time. Journey for margaret film by van dyke 1942 britannica. The dvdbluray release, july 10, will feature two versions of the film the theatrical release and a new extended cut by lonergan that, he says. Van dyke was struggling with cancer and heart disease and committed suicide shortly after journey for margarets completion. This is the film from which margaret obrien took her name. For the better part of the war thus far, new york news correspondent john davis and his wife nora davis have been in the hot spots of western europe, including rotterdam and much of france, which has just fallen to the nazis. Overview of journey for margaret, 1942, directed by major w. And it was that line that later got me the part in journey for margaret. Journey for margaret with robert young and margaret obrien is a golden treasure. It stars robert young and laraine day as a couple who have to deal with the loss of their unborn child due to a bombing raid. Van dyke on allmovie this wartime weeper could just as well have been. Kenneth lonergans margaret was written in 2003, filmed in 2005 and stuck in postproduction for six more years.
Louis 1944 spent six months training to play a ballet student in the unfinished. Outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with orphans margaret and her brother peter. Laraine day, fay bainter, nigel bruce, margaret obrien. While visiting london, american married couple robert young and laraine day are caught in the 1940 blitz. A brilliant cast of robert young and laraine day, this story transcends the boundaries of time, leaving your heart forever impacted. It is honest and heartbreaking but an excellent story and played beautifully by all the actors, young and older. In the midst of wartorn london, american journalist john davis robert young and his wife, nora laraine day. Van dyke on allmovie this wartime weeper could just as. Journey for margaret 1942 passed 1h 21min drama, war december 1942 usa 1940. Margaret s journey to the screen mayve been rocky, but the result is a singularly compelling study of trauma. They eventaully adopt the children and bring them to america.