Time Out of Mind (1947) DVD-R

Starring Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll
Directed by Robert Siodmak

Print: black/white
Runtime: 88 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Adapted from a novel by Rachel Field, Time Out of Mind is a slow-moving costume drama
enlivened by its stars. Servant girl Kate Ferald (Phyllis Calvert, in her first Hollywood film)
falls in love with Christopher Fortune (Robert Hutton), the scion of a wealthy New England
sailing family. Chistopher is likewise smitten by Kate, but the class structure of the 19th
century precludes their marriage. Aware that their union is not to be, Kate renounces
Christopher and encourages him to wed someone from his own social class. As the years
go by, Kate is the mute witness to Christopher's frustration and unhappiness, culminating in
a fatal bout with alcohol. Standing out in the huge cast are Ella Raines as Christopher's
"sensible" sister Rissa and Eddie Albert as the obligatory best friend/severest critic Jake
Bullard.