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Turlough McCaffrey lives in London while his brother Lorcan with Down syndrome lives with their mother on the family farm in Ireland. Turlough returns home for his mother's funeral. Lorcan wants to stay and work the farm. Turlough sees that as impossible and insists that he goes live with their aunt. Local priest Father O'Shea has a list from their mother.

This won the Oscar and BAFTA. It is a good story although it is short. In that, the story feels like it could be more. It isn't anything too big or completely new. I don't think that actors with Down syndrome is terribly new. I can see this being expanded into a full length movie.

Ted, Jerry (Norma Shearer), Paul, and Dorothy are part of a New York circle of society friends. Jerry decides to marry Ted. Paul gets jealous and drunk. He crashes his car and terribly injures Dorothy. He marries her out of guilt. Some years later, Jerry finds Ted cheating. In revenge, she has a night with Don (Robert Montgomery). The marriage deteriorates.

This movie is obviously pre-Code. These people are messy. Their relationships are a mess. I need a score card especially with the early part of the movie. Norma Shearer is doing a wide ranging character. She won the acting Oscar. In many ways, this is a modern adult melodrama. I would still need a few changes. I do wonder how this did in the box office.