![]() These drastic impediments yet intermittent delights in the film create a harrowing atmosphere leading viewers to the edge of their seats, fabricating major peaks and valleys of emotion. Regardless, the atrocity of the events occurring in these characters’ lives is incomprehensible, and we greatly empathize with them. Others may beg to differ, citing that no event or association is truly random. Hence, their growing interconnected maturation was inadvertently interrupted for varying reasons. As well, the two were randomly brought together, and their relationship was randomly taken away. However, the definition of the word “harvest” lends to growth and cultivation, which is what led to Paula and Smithy’s glorious bond and millions of other relationships. Separately, these words and their place in the film could definitely account for its title. ![]() The estate to which Charles Rainier and his siblings are entitled is called “Random Hall”. ![]() Paula and Smithy meet during the typical harvest season (Autumn) randomly it seems in a tobacco shop. “Random Harvest” is an interesting and multi-faceted title for this film. ![]() This leads to an ultimate tear-jerking finale which will melt even the coldest, steel-engulfed hearts. Themes of abandonment, jealousy, anger, detachment, frustration, and never-ending hope engross the remaining intertwining journey of our lead characters. Paula is inevitably obliterated from his memory with few reminders of her once great impact. Smithy’s newly discovered writing talent blossoms into a job proposal, but a head injury inflicted via automobile accident allows Smithy to remember and slide into his previous life as the wealthy Charles Rainier. As in many classic films, the two rapidly fall in love and marry. She is a local actress and dancer who empathizes with “Smithy” to the point of finding a home in the countryside to escape authorities and unwitting family members. While wandering away from the psychiatric facility on the night of WWI’s end, he meets Paula Ridgeway (Greer Garson) in the town of Melbridge. His diagnosis would fit with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but he has dissociated from the raw emotions of his experiences to the point where he cannot remember his own identity. ![]() “John Smith” (Ronald Colman) has been hospitalized at Melbridge County Asylum for over a year following his harrowing experiences on the battlefield of WWI. Random Harvest is a 1942 drama-romance film directed by Mervyn LeRoy which explores the potentially devastating effects of memory loss on individual identity and surrounding relationships. Some individuals living with neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, are robbed of the grandest and most beautiful memories with no mercy. However, I could not fathom anyone yearning to erase joyful recollections imprinted for years in their brains. The wish to eradicate some painful memories has been held by all at some instance. Conversely, their presence can sometimes traumatize and significantly regress one’s path to self-actualization. Their formation and foundation can create an environment of empowerment and growth of knowledge. Memories based on everyday and momentous experiences form the basis of human development and identity. ![]()
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