Lydia (film)

Lydia is a 1941 drama film, directed by Julien Duvivier. It stars Merle Oberon as Lydia MacMillan, a woman whose life is seen from her spoiled, immature youth through bitter and resentful middle years, until at last she is old and accepting. It is a remake of Duvivier's Un carnet de bal (1937), which starred Marie Bell as the leading character.^[1]

Plot summary

Elderly Lydia MacMillan (Merle Oberon) stages a reunion with three former suitors. She reminisces about her life over a forty year period, the latter part of which has been spent in reclusiveness.

The three suitors, former college football star Bob Willard (George Reeves), musician Frank Audry (Hans Jaray), and Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick (Joseph Cotten), join with her in remembering their respective romances with Lydia. During the reunion, a surprise fourth arrives—her original true love, Richard Mason (Alan Marshal), a seafaring adventurer.

Cast

• Merle Oberon as Lydia MacMillan
• Edna May Oliver as Sarah MacMillan
• Alan Marshal as Richard Mason
• Joseph Cotten as Michael Fitzpatrick
• Hans Jaray as Frank Andry
• George Reeves as Bob Willard
• John Halliday as Fitzpatrick
• Sara Allgood as Mary
• Billy Ray as Johnny
• Frank Conlan as Old Ned
• Tyler Brooke as Vaudeville Singer (uncredited)
• Harry Cording as Hotel House Detective (uncredited)
• Hal K. Dawson as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Jesse Graves as Servant (uncredited)
• Payne B. Johnson as Boy (uncredited)
• Eva Lee Kuney as Little Blind Girl (uncredited)
• Betta St. John as Orphan (uncredited)
• Edwin Stanley as Man on Podium (uncredited)
• Pierre Watkin as Speaker (uncredited)

References

External links

• Lydia at the Internet Movie Database
• Lydia at the TCM Movie Database
• Lydia at AllRovi