Entre dos amores

Strange Film with a blond floozy type (Loretta Young) getting ready to marry a gangster, though she's not aware of it.

With the evidence in her purse, she is arrested and sent to prison. Once out (but on parole) she works as a nurse's aide and falls for a troubled patient (Jeff Chandler).

Chandler's psyche being on the delicate side, she doesn't tell him about her past. After a few years of marriage and a child, the old boyfriend is released from prison and abducts her and her daughter.

He is caught, and her husband disowns her and doesn't allow her contact with the child.

I'm the biggest sucker there is, but this film became a little too cloying, even for me, as it continued.

The cast was good though I didn't care much for the daughter. I love Loretta, so I didn't consider this a waste.

Have you ever watched a film where one of the main characters was just too dumb to be believable? Sure, in a comedy such as "Talladega Nights" you expect this...but not in a drama like "Because of You"!

When the story begins, Christine (Loretta Young) is engaged to a sleazy man. When he gets arrested, she is arrested as well...though she is innocent. Regardless, she's sent to prison. While inside, she is trained as a nurse's assistant and upon release, she gets a job at a hospital...all the while on parole. During the course of her duties, she falls in love with a wounded vet who is suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He is a swell guy but emotionally fragile...and she doesn't tell him about her past. She also agrees to marry him...but does so in Mexico so her parole officer doesn't know.

Years pass and she's been off parole most of this time. Her life is great and her new husband, Steve (Jeff Chandler), is not just a nice guy but is quite rich. However, when her old scummy boyfriend returns, her life is suddenly in chaos....and, once again, Christine says and does the wrong thing. This is a HUGE problem in the picture...as again and again, Christine make terrible choices...and dumb ones at that. So many that I found her character annoying and it detracted from the movie. And, believe it or not, there is STILL a lot more to the film after all this.

While I was not impressed with Young's performance (she was WAY too passive to be believable), Chandler's performance, especially when he learned the truth, was amazingly good. I also though the film went on too long...as the big confrontation scene between the couple occurred too early...and the impact of this seemed muted because of this.

The film is nothing but fluff--not even enjoyable fluff. I watched this film because I'm a fan of Loretta Young. It's a bit of a soap-opera and the plot is so unbelievable it's laughable. I found myself laughing at how silly the story was because it didn't make much sense. I found Chandler's character to be a bit annoying. He was always butt-hurt at something Young's character did or didn't do. What a cry baby!

A perfect choice if you love old melodrama ;the subject is not unlike that of "Madame X "which was filmed several times : a good woman,deprived of the custody of her only child, thrown out of her desirable house ,complete with servants..

Loretta Young is not very convincing as a gangster's moll with a blond wig ,but she's the nurse every patient would like to have ;and she's even better as a conjurer's assistant ; the "magic performance" scenes are the best and we do believe the show can brighten up a sullen child,suffering because something is defin itely lacking in her life of luxury; the scene when Young appears to Chandler in the mirror in also a good moment.

Well done soap-opera theatrics where injured soldier, Jeff Chandler, falls for nurse Loretta Young and the two soon wed and have a lovely daughter. Sounds typical with a poor girl marrying a rich, handsome businessman like Jeff.

The big secret is that Loretta was in jail as no one believed her innocence in the participation of a robbery.

She never told Jeff about her former life. Years later, the guy who led her down this path, suddenly shows up one afternoon and kidnaps her with the child. After another robbery, there is a high speed chase and the guy is killed instantly. Loretta and daughter survive the wreck physically-but there are plenty of emotional problems as a result.

An enraged Jeff accuses Ms. Young of being a tramp and immediately files for divorce and gains full custody of the child.

Loretta takes a job as an entertainer for children's parties. Her sister-in-law comes has her come over. Since this is years later, the child does not know that Loretta is her mother. The kid has hangups. (Who wouldn't after all this?) Unexpectedly, Jeff comes home and there are fireworks.

While we see many clichés here, the film is nicely done with Chandler showing that he was a good actor. His emotional outbursts are believable. Young is subdued but as always turns in a competent performance.

The film was originally supposed to be called "Magic Lady," but there is no magic here. Just a tale of tell your entire background to your mate-to-be.