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\"Edward,<\/a>In 1949, 28-year-old British actress <\/span>Deborah Kerr<\/a>\u00a0starred opposite screen veteran <\/span>Spencer Tracy<\/a> in <\/span>Edward, My Son<\/a>. Though Kerr had already won critical acclaim for a handful of popular films in her native England\u2013among them I See a Dark Stranger (1946) and <\/span>Black Narcissus<\/a>\u00a0(1947)\u2013Edward was only her third American film, and in my mind, presented the young actress with one of the most interesting roles of her career.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film is framed by narration from Arnold Boult (Tracy), who reflects upon his life from the birth of his son, Edward (who is never seen during the course of the movie), through Edward\u2019s untimely death as a young man. The flashback begins in 1919: Boult (a native Canadian) lives in London with his British wife, Evelyn (Kerr), and their infant son. On Edward\u2019s first birthday, Arnold decides to go into the furniture financing business with his old friend Harry (Mervyn Johns<\/a>), who has just gotten out of prison, and is optimistic about the venture despite Evelyn\u2019s hesitation about his working with a convicted felon. The happy couple celebrates the day with Harry and with their close friend (and family doctor), Larry Woodhope (Ian Hunter<\/a>). Arnold toasts the sleeping Edward, stating, \u201cTo Edward \u2026 This is just to let you know that down here, we have the matter of your future well in hand, all four of us. Sleep safe, Edward. The world shall be your oyster.\u201d Evelyn wonders aloud, \u201cWhat does that mean, the world his oyster?\u201d To which Arnold replies, \u201cThat means that nothing is going to be too good for him\u2013ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

We jump ahead five years to Edward\u2019s sixth birthday. A specialist diagnoses Edward with an \u201catrophy of nerves in the hip\u201d and informs the Boults that the only cure is an expensive operation in Switzerland. Though Edward will eventually recover without the operation, the doctor tells them that the boy will have a permanent limp, much to Arnold\u2019s disappointment, as he dreams of his son being active in sports. Arnold tells Larry that he will find a way to pay the 1,000 pounds to cover the cost of the procedure: \u201cSomehow or other, my son\u2019s going to have what\u2019s best for him.\u201d Arnold\u2019s solution is to burn down the furniture store and collect the insurance, and he convinces his business partner, Harry, to reluctantly go along with the scheme. The plan works, and Edward\u2019s operation is a complete success.<\/p>\n

Time passes in a montage of birthday cakes and the story picks back up again in 1930, around the time of Edward\u2019s 12th birthday. Edward is enrolled in prep school, and Arnold has, by this time, grown wealthy and become \u201cSir Boult.\u201d According to the headmaster and Edward\u2019s instructors, the boy is a disrespectful \u201clittle stinker\u201d and they plan to expel him from the school. However, Arnold, who has also grown incredibly arrogant in the ensuing years, refuses to acknowledge Edward\u2019s faults and instead reveals that he owns the mortgage to the school and that he will close the academy if Edward is not permitted to remain there.<\/p>\n

By 1935, as Edward turns 16, Evelyn expresses concern to Larry that Arnold has spoiled Edward to the point of ruining the boy\u2019s chances to be a \u201cnormal,\u201d well-adjusted man. Larry, for his part, has distanced himself from the Boults due to his suspicions about Arnold\u2019s behavior and his growing love for Evelyn. Harry, who had in previous years been implicated in the collapse of a business venture with Arnold, is released from prison and comes to Arnold\u2019s office looking for work. But when Arnold indicates his unwillingness to help, Harry goes to the roof of the building and jumps off, committing suicide. Arnold\u2019s secretary, Eileen (Leueen Macgrath<\/a>), covers for her boss, lying to the police to cover up Arnold\u2019s involvement with Harry in order to downplay any possible scandal.<\/p>\n

This leads to an affair between the two, which lasts for over a year, until one night the pair discovers a detective staking out Eileen\u2019s apartment. Arnold and Eileen confront the detective, who is there to gather evidence of the affair, as Evelyn has decided to divorce her philandering husband. Arnold promptly dumps Eileen flat (we later learn that she commits suicide by overdosing on pills) and flies to Switzerland to see Evelyn and Edward. Evelyn informs Arnold that she plans to divorce him very publicly so as to reveal to Edward the truth about his father, but Arnold remains unfazed. He threatens to ruin Larry\u2019s career by insinuating that Larry seduced Evelyn while she was his patient. Evelyn, trapped and frightened, collapses on the bed and weeps, knowing that if she wants to remain a part of her son\u2019s life, she must remain inextricably bound to Arnold.<\/p>\n

As three more birthdays pass, Evelyn becomes withdrawn and haggard, losing herself in an alcoholic haze. Meanwhile, Edward is preparing to marry the rich and well-connected Phyllis Mayden (Harriette Johns), but has impregnated his lower-class mistress, Betty (Tilsa Page<\/a>). Arnold summons Larry to the house in an effort to convince the doctor to \u201ctake care\u201d of the situation (a not-so-subtle hint at abortion), but Larry refuses and offers to help the young woman after Arnold informs Betty that Edward will not marry her. Betty tells Arnold that he doesn\u2019t have to worry about paying her off, because she will take care of herself.<\/p>\n

Two years later, in 1941, the country is in the midst of World War II. Edward has recently died in a plane crash, killing himself and his crew while \u201cshowing off\u201d during a routine drill. Larry stops by the Boult house, bringing his condolences, and finds Evelyn hosting a one-woman \u201ccelebration\u201d of Edward\u2019s birthday as she sinks into a drunken stupor. When Evelyn goes to bed, Arnold reflects on Edward\u2019s life, telling Larry that he did the best he could for his son, and doesn\u2019t think he could have done anything better.<\/p>\n

As Arnold\u2019s story winds to a close, we find that Evelyn died in 1945, shortly before the end of the war. A year later, Arnold appears at Larry\u2019s office, seeking his old friend\u2019s help in locating Betty, for Arnold wants to take possession of Edward\u2019s child. Larry, however, refuses to assist him. The movie ends with Arnold addressing the audience once more. He explains that the government had found him liable for burning down the furniture store all those years ago, and that he had just recently been released from prison after four years (side note: Arnold\u2019s conviction and jail time was added to the film per the request of the Production Code office, which demanded that Arnold be held liable for his crime). Arnold concludes by vowing that he will never stop searching for his grandson, showing that despite all of the tragedies he had engineered over the years in his own life and the lives of his family, he has yet to learn his lesson.<\/p>\n

Edward, based on a British play co-written by Noel Langley and Robert Morley, was adapted by screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart (who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for 1940\u2032s The Philadelphia Story). That film\u2019s director, the incomparable George Cukor, also directed Edward, and at one point pushed for longtime friend (and Philadelphia star) Katharine Hepburn to appear as Evelyn. Tracy and Hepburn ultimately nixed this idea, however, as the not-so-secret lovers reportedly sought to limit their onscreen pairings (nonetheless, Hepburn and Tracy would go on to costar in Adam\u2019s Rib for Cukor only months later). The door was open for Kerr, who had played Evelyn on the London stage, to take the lead. And while Tracy may have been the bigger star\u2013and his turn as the heartless and devious Arnold is quite effective\u2013this is undoubtedly Kerr\u2019s movie.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s storyline requires Kerr\u2019s character to age from her early 20s through her 40s and, perhaps more dauntingly, also requires her to portray Evelyn\u2019s gradual\"\"<\/a> descent into drunkenness. She handles both with aplomb. Her development from a rather innocent young wife to a bitter, slurring, and graying alcoholic is a natural progression on the part of the actress. Subtle changes in Evelyn\u2019s expression\u2013from open to shuttered, wide-eyed to narrowed, smiling to grimacing\u2013reveal the depths of degradation. Kerr even pitches her voice differently in Evelyn\u2019s later years, injecting a note of shrill disregard in the character\u2019s late interactions with Arnold. Her booze-soaked sorrow and bitterness in the wake of Edward\u2019s death is utterly heartbreaking. All in all, it\u2019s an intriguing performance, and an indication of the sheer breadth of talent that Kerr would display in her later films.<\/p>\n

Edward, incidentally, would present Kerr with the first of her six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. For all that recognition (and for all she deserved a victory), however, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar, though she was awarded an honorary statuette in 1994.<\/p>\n

Brandie Ashe is a writer and recent escapee from graduate school. She is now in hiding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Brandie and her blog co-authors Carrie and Nikki recently celebrated their 100th post on their blog True Classics: The ABCs of Classic Film<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, where they share their love of Alfred Hitchcock, screwball comedies, Katharine Hepburn, and all things old-school Disney. Visit their Facebook page here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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