Let him go, let him tarry - Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons in one of her first film parts in The Way to the Stars also informally known as Britain's last war and first peace movie of WW2.

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[foxyshabazz]

My favourite war picture. Full of the quiet courage of men and women knuckling down and getting on with it in the most terrible of times. Not like the overblown, bombastic, jingoistic and militaristic nonsense we are fed these days.

Heartwarming, funny, and heartbreakingly sad by turns.

And Compo from "Last of the Summer Wine" is in it, too! :)

[Segalmed]

@foxyshabazz

It's among my favourites too. I found it by chance looking for films with Sir John Mills (then still alive). The British were a much more critical audience at the time than the Americans, so their movies tended to be anchored firmly in reality as far as the war was concerned.

Btw, I think this movie was a major inspiration for the American '12 O'Clock High', which is actually (and surprisingly) quite watchable.

[bookhead92]

I thought she only sang in Guys and Dolls, boy was I wrong! She is so pretty and adorable sweet thing here!

[Tignarius]

Will always be a favourite of mine even though I was not born for another eight years. She was utterly gorgeous.

[10Cnote]

Renee Asherson (Iris) she's now 96 she played Princess Katherine in Henry V (1944) along side Laurence Olivier.

[TheSAMANTHALAURA1]

a beautiful performance, graceful

[richieliberties]

frightingly beautiful,sex would be a poor second,am mesmerized,when i

see that face i feel my lips creasing into a warm smile,makes me happy.

[raggyrat6]

my mother used to sing this and make me cry !



[ampersandtay]

I can't believe it. She was born in 1929 and this film was released in 1945 (The way to the stars - Johnny in the clouds in the USA) so this could make her under sixteen. But what a mature face for a sixteen year old!

Definitely never my type, but what a beautiful little girl.

[Rushtown]

Here's a young lady who looks far better as a brunette than she would as a blonde.

[blackpoolrok]

@nyu6697

you seemd to miss the point - there was less filth and bad attitudes in society in general... just simplistic lyrics and community spirit. No 'wising up' required thanks.

[nyu6697]

The early 1940s were "innocent"?! Good heavens. Wise up.