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Title: Pointless
Review: Even by 1930's-40's melodrama standards,this is a wretched,pointless film.Even the so-called hardships are insanely contrived.If the family is soooo poor,why did they wait so long to stop employing maids? Especially considering both the wife and mother-in-law are home all day to care for the baby and keep house? It would be hard to find a less emotionally involving film than this.The story has a complete lack of focus,and fails to give any indication that this pair is "made for each other".They didn't triumph over adversity-or anything.They just seemed to be completely inept at handling the basic realities of life,too caught up in their own immature "woe-is-me" attitude.When a real tragic circumstance finally does occur (the baby's illness),the whole thing is so absurb,it's impossible to care.This is one film that deserves to be in the dollar bin.
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