That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman released in the United Kingdom as The Forsyte Saga is a 1949 romance film starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of The Man of Property, the first novel in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.

Irene Greer Garson is the wife of Victorian man of property Soames Forsyte Errol Flynn, having married without love but after many proposals. Rebelling against her husbands preoccupation with material possessions, a list in which she is included, Irene falls in love with unconventional architect Philip Bosinney Robert Young, who is engaged to Soames niece June Janet Leigh, one of Irenes closest friends. Soames learns of Irenes affair with Bosinney, and rather than allowing Irene to leave him, he reasserts his physical rights. When Soames and Bosinney discover that Irene has run away, Bosinney rushes out in the foggy London streets after her, only to be run over in an accident. After Irene learns of Bosinneys death she takes refuge with Soames cousin Young Jolyon Walter Pidgeon, who is Junes estranged father but has sympathy for Irenes plight. Irene and Young Jolyon eventually marry, after Irene spurns Soames attempts at reconciliation.MGM bought the film rights to the Forsyte Saga in 1937 after much negotiating over a long period of time. Initial plans were to make an allstar film in the vein of Dinner at Eight or Grand Hotel, with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone mentioned as possible stars. Joseph L. Mankiewicz was assigned to the project, which at one stage was going to be turned into two films. ........

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