The Enchanted Cottage

“The whole town WHISPERED about these two!”

7.4(28)19451h 31m

DramaFantasyRomance

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.

Director

John Cromwell

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Cast

Dorothy McGuire

Laura Pennington

Robert Young

Oliver Bradford

Herbert Marshall

Major John Hillgrove

Mildred Natwick

Mrs. Abigail Minnett

Spring Byington

Violet Price

Hillary Brooke

Beatrice Alexander

Richard Gaines

Frederick 'Freddy' Price

Alec Englander

Danny 'Taxi' Stanton

Robert Clarke

Marine Corporal

Eden Nicholas

Soldier

Rusty Farrell

Mildred (uncredited)

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1 review

John Chard

6y ago

9.0

You’re driftwood, floating underwater. The Enchanted Cottage is directed by John Cromwell and adapted to the screen by Herman Mankiewicz and DeWItt Bodeen from the play of the same name by Arthur Wing Pinero. It stars Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall and Mildred Natwick. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff. Once a play it had been adapted to the silent scre...