Love Story (1944 film)
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| Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
| Produced by | Harold Huth |
| Written by | Rodney Ackland (dialogue) |
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| Based on | "Love Story" by J.W. Drawbell |
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| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Edited by | Charles Knott |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £125,000 |
Love Story is a 1944 British black-and-white romance film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger, and Patricia Roc. Based on a short story by J.W. Drawbell, the film is about a concert pianist who, after learning that she is dying of heart failure, decides to spend her last days in Cornwall. While there, she meets a former RAF pilot who is going blind, and soon a romantic attraction forms. Released in the United States as A Lady Surrenders, this wartime melodrama produced by Gainsborough Pictures was filmed on location at the Minack Theatre in Porthcurno in Cornwall, England.
Concert pianist Felicity Crichton [Lissa Campbell] (Margaret Lockwood) decides to leave her successful music career behind and devote herself to something more directly connected to the British war effort. After announcing her retirement from the concert stage, she applies for a position with the RAF as a WASP, but is rejected for health reasons. Soon after, she learns from her doctor that she is suffering from a heart condition and that she does not have long to live.
Determined to live out her final months as fully as possible, she goes to a small coastal resort in Cornwall. Not wanting to be recognised by her stage name Felicity Crichton, she introduces herself as Lissa. She is soon befriended by Tom Tanner (Tom Walls), a salty old Yorkshireman. He is on government assignment to investigate mines in the area. Although he sees that she is sad, he does not pry into her personal life.
One day, she meets Kit Firth (Stewart Granger), a brash young engineer, and the two form an immediate attraction. She does not know that Kit will soon be blind—the result of an injury while in the RAF. The only person who knows is Judy (Patricia Roc), his platonic friend from childhood who is secretly in love with him. Meanwhile, Tom arranges access to a piano for Lissa, and soon she begins composing a piece inspired by her new environment and by Kit. Later, Kit introduces Lissa to Judy, who is working on a stage play for the open-air theatre at the resort. Pressed for funds, Judy turns to Tom, who agrees to invest in her production of The Tempest.
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