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      Journey for Margaret

      1942 1h 21m Drama List
      Reviews 59% 100+ Ratings Audience Score In the midst of war-torn London, American journalist John Davis (Robert Young) and his wife, Nora (Laraine Day), lose their unborn baby in a bombing raid. The resultant surgery leaves Nora barren, and, while she returns to the United States to recuperate, John stays in England. When he takes young orphans Margaret (Margaret O'Brien) and Peter (William Severn) under his wing, John decides that he wants to remove the children from harm's way and bring them home to America. Read More Read Less

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      sherry w A precious movie with a very happy ending. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/14 Full Review Audience Member "At age 5, Margaret P'Brien became a major Hollywood star after playing a war orphan in this fact-inspired melodrama, based on a best-selling book." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Heartbreaking and Beautiful Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member such a good wartime drama. robert young is good as always. he was always a underrated actor. he has great chemistry with not only the female lead in this movie but also the kid actor/actress. he is so sweet toward the boy and girl. margaret o'brien plays the little girl perfectly. she was such a cute good child actress that knew her lines down pat. my fave movies are when she works with robert young. she didn't do many with him but when she did they were great together. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Plot synopsis is not quite accurate. It's actually just Robert Young's character that visits the orphanage to do a story for his newspaper. The children claim him as their own ("He's MY Mr. Davis") and he unexpectedly falls in love with them. He writes to his wife living back in the US about the children and eventually brings them home with him. The children are adorable and good little actors! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member there are child stars, then there are child actors. margaret o'brien and william severn are the latter. the adult stars of this film don't have a hope in hell after these two get going. i don't know if parents and driectors ahd to abuse them to get these performances (and i hope they didn't) but they are just too eloquent. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com At age 5, Margaret P'Brien became a major Hollywood star after playing a war orphan in this fact-inspired melodrama, based on a best-selling book. Rated: B Dec 19, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In the midst of war-torn London, American journalist John Davis (Robert Young) and his wife, Nora (Laraine Day), lose their unborn baby in a bombing raid. The resultant surgery leaves Nora barren, and, while she returns to the United States to recuperate, John stays in England. When he takes young orphans Margaret (Margaret O'Brien) and Peter (William Severn) under his wing, John decides that he wants to remove the children from harm's way and bring them home to America.
      Director
      W. S. Van Dyke II
      Screenwriter
      David Hertz, William Ludwig
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Inc.
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 21m