Overview
A man with no illusions marries a young woman who is brimming with idealism. She attempts to remake her husband with her overflowing optimism, but the marriage is severely strained when her first pregnancy ends in miscarriage. They separate, and the woman has a number of affairs, but eventually she returns to her husband. They have a daughter, then settle down to a life that is a blend of the husband's worldliness and the wife's idealism.
Cast
- Burgess Meredith as Narrator (voice)
- Tom Rosqui as Henry
- Ina Mela as Lorabella
- Ellen Frye as Noel
- Sonia Berman as Fortune Teller
- Sidney M. Gospe as Doctor
- Harry Hunt as Cyrus the Actor
- Calvin Kentfield as Jim the Fisherman
- Doug Korty as Falbuck Wheelilng
- Jerry Mander as Voice Teacher