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''Home Before Dark'' is a 1958 Warner Brothers film, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.. The screenplay was written by Eileen and Robert Bassing, based on the novel by Eileen Bassing. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn with music by Jimmy McHugh. The film, and Simmons' performance in particular, attracted positive critical comment. Pauline Kael of the ''New Yorker'': "Jean Simmons gives a reserved, beautifully modulated performance,"〔Kael, 5001 Nights at the Movies〕 - and film critic Philip French believed it contained "perhaps her finest performance."〔( Screen legends Philip French, The Guardian, 2008 )〕 ==Story== Charlotte Bronn leaves the Maraneck State Hospital mental institution in New England, after a year there, to resume her life in a chilly relationship with her distant and emotionally repressed professor husband, in her home, where they all live with Charlotte's step-sister Joan as well as Joan's mother, the scattered chatterer Inez (Mabel Albertson). They also have a boarder, Dr. Jake Diamond, who according to Arnold has been experiencing anti-Semitism at the college where they both teach. Arnold avoids Charlotte, sleeping on the couch instead of in their bed, keeping away from her with a multitude of excuses. Part of Charlotte's commitment to the mental facility hinged on her continuing suspicions of an attraction between her husband and her beautiful half-sister. Diamond also appears to develop a romantic interest in Charlotte. Two acquaintances, Hamilton Gregory and Cathy Bergner, separately imply to her that an affair between Arnold and Joan is a reality. Charlotte walks several miles through the snow to the college to confront her husband. Later, before a dinner with important faculty, she comes dressed and coiffed to resemble Joan, disrupting the dinner and appearing to be headed toward another breakdown. She also learns from Diamond that his chance for promotion at the college was sabotaged by Arnold. Charlotte agrees to a divorce. Diamond asks her to join him in New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Home Before Dark (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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