77 minutes
1/14/1938
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows infatuated with handsome writer Michael Shaw, and they marry and move to Paris. Years later, after Michael's accidental death, Julie and her daughter move back to Vermont to live with her aunt and Julie finds Ives, now a professor, disinterested in resuming their romantic relationship.
Joan Bennett
as Julie Weir
Henry Fonda
as Ives Towner
Louise Platt
as Brenda Wayne
Alan Marshal
as Michael Shaw
May Whitty
as Aunt William
Alan Baxter
as Tony
Dorothy Stickney
as Mrs. Emily Towner
Tim Holt
as Budge Williams
Florence Lake
as Carol Towner
Elise Cavanna
as Agatha
Genee Hall
as Little Michael Shaw
William Benedict
as Billy (uncredited)
Henry Brandon
as Bruno (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Marie (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
as College Staff Member (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Faculty Member at Dance (uncredited)
Hal Mohr
as College Student (uncredited)
Jack Rice
as Professor George B. Stockwell (uncredited)
Keith Richards
as Student at Dance (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
as College Staff Member (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
as Parisian Party Guest (uncredited)