If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes is a 1947 drama film released by MGM. The movie was directed by Victor Saville, based on the novel by A.S.M. Hutchinson. The film tells the story of an English textbook writer who takes in a pregnant girl. The novel had previously been made into the 1923 film If Winter Comes.

As the war starts, Tony is called into the military, while Mark attempts to join up but a doctor finds a heart condition and prevents him. Nona leaves Penny Green in order to join the Womens Auxiliary Air Force. Life becomes quiet for Mark, until Effie Bright, who is disowned by her father for having become pregnant, turns to him for help.Mark helps Effie, and lets her live in his home while he looks for a better situation for her. This causes a great scandal. His boss had been looking for a way to fire Mark, and, as a result of the morals clause at his place of employment, he loses his job. Mabel leaves Mark, under the impression that Mark has fathered Effies baby. The townspeople soon denounce Mark and when Effie, who was already mentally under stress because the father of her baby, off at war, hadnt written her, and she is served with the notice that she is corespondent in the divorce, so she commits suicide by poisoning herself. At the inquest to determine Effies cause of death, numerous witnesses give anecdotal incomplete evidence suggesting a sexual relationship between Mark and Effie. Nona appears, having just learned of Tonys death, and makes a short speech in support of Marks character. The inquest determines that Effies cause of death was suicide, though they censure Mark for his behavior. ........

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