![]() ![]() Grey's story is a sad one - she had an on and off relationship with Clark Gable, and when Gable married someone else post-war, Grey was devastated and never married herself. Directed by Anthony Mann, Strangers in the Night is an atmospheric, absorbing film, short but entertaining. I only have seen her as she was twenty years later, still beautiful but not as young. This is quite a story, with Grey an absolutely beautiful, radiant young woman. However when Johnny realizes that he's fallen for Leslie in Rosemary's absence, Mrs. ![]() Ross, wanting to tell her something, but can't seem to get it out. ![]() Blake is odd, but the woman working for her, Edith (Edith Barrett) is a total wreck. Blake realizes that Johnny and Rosemary know one another, she is visibly upset. When Army veteran, Slade, stumbles upon an isolated cottage on a cold, dark, night, the young man finds more than just the shelter hes seeking. When the doctor is called, Leslie arrives. Instead he meets her mother and, while looking at Rosemary's portrait, he faints, still weak from not only his injuries, but an accident that occurred during the train ride. In those days apparently a woman doctor was very unusual and off-putting. Blake (Helene Thimig) who seemed very put off that Leslie was a doctor, and a pretty one at that. Leslie doesn't tell him that he's met the very strange old Mrs. ![]() During his time fighting his war injuries, Johnny fell in love via mail with a Rosemary Blake, whom he tells Leslie he's en route to meet. Leslie Ross (Virginia Grey) are "Strangers in the Night" when they meet on a train. ![]()
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