Lydia (film)

Lydia is a 1941 drama film, directed by Julien Duvivier. It stars Merle Oberon as Lydia MacMillan, a woman whose life is seen from her spoiled, immature youth through bitter and resentful middle years, until at last she is old and accepting. It is a remake of Duviviers Un carnet de bal 1937, which starred Marie Bell as the leading character.

Lydia remembers her three lovers as a young woman. First there was Bob Willard George Reeves, a football quarterback. Then there was Frank Audry Hans Jaray, who was a musician. The third, Richard Mason Alan Marshal, was an adventurous traveler. Lydia and Michael decide to have tea together, but when she arrives at his home, she finds both Bob and Frank there waiting for her.It turns out all of the men have proposed to Lydia at one time in their life, and she has turned them all down. The topic of their conversation now at their reunion is her reason for rejecting them. Lydia tells them that she has only truly loved one man in her life, which is adventurer Richard Mason. ........

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