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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 romantic drama film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=], based on the 1941 novel of the same name by James Hilton. It stars Creator/RonaldColman and Creator/GreerGarson.
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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 romantic drama film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=], Creator/MervynLeRoy, based on the 1941 [[TheFilmOfTheBook novel of the same name name]] by James Hilton. It stars Creator/RonaldColman and Creator/GreerGarson.
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* LegFocus: Paula does her Music Hall number in the shortest skirt you'll ever find in a 1940s film.
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* ShesGotLegs: Paula does her Music Hall number in the shortest skirt you'll ever find in a 1940s film.
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* AccidentalAdultery: The main character is an amnesiac who, oblivious to the fact that he is already married, becomes engaged to a young admirer. His wife tracks him down and [[AmnesiacLover attempts to trigger his memories of her]]; his new fiancée [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy breaks off the engagement]] [[AvertedTrope before this trope can take full effect]].
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* AccidentalAdultery: The main character is an amnesiac who, oblivious to the fact that he is already married, becomes engaged to a young admirer. His wife tracks has tracked him down and [[AmnesiacLover attempts attempted to trigger his memories of her]]; her]], but failed; [[AvertedTrope before this trope can take full effect]], his wife has his alter ego declared dead and their marriage annulled, after which his new fiancée [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy breaks off the engagement]] [[AvertedTrope before this trope can take full effect]].engagement anyway]].
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* AdultFear: Imagine your husband going missing without a trace one day, and you can't find out what happened to him and don't know if he's dead for at least two years until you happen to see his picture in a paper.
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* DeathOfAChild: John and Paula's son, who dies after John regains his memories.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted with John and Paula's son, who dies after John regains his memories.
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"John Smith" (Colman), an amnesiac soldier in the [[WorldWarI First World War]], wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula (Garson), a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
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"John Smith" (Colman), an amnesiac soldier in the [[WorldWarI [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI First World War]], wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula (Garson), a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
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*BriefAccentImitation: Paula does this in her vaudeville act where she sings in a Scottish accent.
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* EdgyBackwardsChairSitting: A rare female example and all the more interesting since Paula does this while in her very short kilt.
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* GirlFriday: Halfway through the movie it's revealed that Paula is working for Charles. She saw his picture in a magazine, and looked him up. When he didn't remember her, she took a job as his executive assistant.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Charles' 15-year-old step-niece Kitty says straight-up that she wants to marry him and asks him not to do "anything rash" over the next three years until she becomes legal.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Oh boy... Kitty loves Charles, who thinks he loves her but is still in love with his wife, who he's forgotten all about, Paula is still in love with John/Charles, a psychiatrist who used to know John is in love with Paula, [[spoiler: Charles marries Paula without knowing she's already his wife, and she finds it hard to love him because he's not John anymore]]...
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Oh boy... Kitty loves Charles, who thinks he loves her but is still in love with his wife, who he's forgotten all about, Paula is still in love with John/Charles, a psychiatrist who used to know John is in love with Paula, [[spoiler: Charles marries Paula without knowing she's already his wife, and she finds it hard to love him because he's not John anymore]]...anymore...
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* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Kitty, in the book.
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** While this trope is played mostly straight, it is averted in one respect. While most EasyAmnesia cases are people who have lost their memories but are otherwise fully functional, "John" seems to have forgotten how to talk, and has to re-learn.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Paula has been working as John/Charles' secretary under the pseudonym of Margaret for several years.]] years. Constantly seeing her has made no difference to his memory, unfortunately.
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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 film based on a 1941 novel by James Hilton. It stars Creator/RonaldColman and Creator/GreerGarson.
"John Smith", an amnesiac soldier in the First World War, wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula, a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
"John Smith", an amnesiac soldier in the First World War, wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula, a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 romantic drama film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=], based on a the 1941 novel of the same name by James Hilton. It stars Creator/RonaldColman and Creator/GreerGarson.
"JohnSmith", Smith" (Colman), an amnesiac soldier in the [[WorldWarI First World War, War]], wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula, Paula (Garson), a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Paula has been working as John/Charles' secretary for several years. And he hasn't been able to remember her at all.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Paula has been working as John/Charles' secretary under the pseudonym of Margaret for several years. And he hasn't been able to remember years.]] Constantly seeing her at all.]]has made no difference to his memory, unfortunately.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Paula has been working as John/Charles' secretary for several years. And he hasn't been able to remember her at all.]]
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* ShesGotLegs: Paula does her Music Hall number in the shortest skirt you'll ever find in a 1940s film.
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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 film based on a 1941 novel by James Hilton. It stars Ronald Colman Creator/RonaldColman and Greer Garson.
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* SayingTooMuch: A heroic version. While back in the town he met Paula in, Charles makes a comment to his friend about a shop he can get cigarettes in. The friend promptly points out that since he's never been there before, he shouldn't know that. Cue Charles slowly regaining his memories.
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* InfantImmortality: [[Averted with John and Paula's son, who dies after John regains his memories.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[Averted [[spoiler: Averted with John and Paula's son, who dies after John regains his memories.]]
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* AdultFear: Imagine your husband going missing without a trace one day, and you can't find out what happened to him and don't know if he's dead for at least two years until you happen to see his picture in a paper.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Oh boy... Kitty loves Charles, who thinks he loves her but is still in love with his wife, who he's forgotten all about, Paula is still in love with John/Charles, a psychiatrist who used to know John is in love with Paula, [[spoiler: Charles marries Paula without knowing she's already his wife, and she finds it hard to love him because he's not John anymore]]...
* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Oh boy... Kitty loves Charles, who thinks he loves her but is still in love with his wife, who he's forgotten all about, Paula is still in love with John/Charles, a psychiatrist who used to know John is in love with Paula, [[spoiler: Charles marries Paula without knowing she's already his wife, and she finds it hard to love him because he's not John anymore]]...
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* MayDecemberRomance: Between Kitty and Charles.
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* AccidentalAdultery: The main character is an amnesiac who, oblivious to the fact that he is already married, becomes engaged to a young admirer. His wife tracks him down and [[AmnesiacLover attempts to trigger his memories of her]]; his new fiancée [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy breaks off the engagement]] [[AvertedTrope before this trope can take full effect]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Paula is [[Film/MrsMiniver Mrs. Miniver]] and John/Charles is [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities Sydney Carton]] from the 1935 version.
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* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Kitty, in the book.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Paula is [[Film/MrsMiniver Mrs. Miniver]] and John/Charles is [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities Sydney Carton]] from the 1935 version.
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''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 film based on a 1941 novel by James Hilton. It stars Ronald Colman and Greer Garson.
"John Smith", an amnesiac soldier in the First World War, wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula, a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
!! ''Random Harvest'' provides examples of:
* AmnesiacHero: John Smith/Charles Rainier. Unlike most examples, he can't remember his own name, and when he regains his original memories, he can't remember his ''other'' name.
* AmnesiacLover: John/Charles can't remember who Paula is, even when she comes to work for him. She doesn't tell him who she really is, though.
* EasyAmnesia: John Smith loses his memory in the trenches, then regains it in a car accident.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Kitty, when she realises John/Charles is still in love with someone else (even though he doesn't know he is).
* SparedByTheAdaption: In the book, Kitty dies. In the film, she goes travelling.
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"John Smith", an amnesiac soldier in the First World War, wanders away from the asylum he is confined to when the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join a party celebrating the end of the war. He meets Paula, a singer, and they leave the town and go to a village in Devon where they marry and have a son. Then he goes to Liverpool for a job interview, is hit by a car, and comes to with his original memories restored, but his memories of his life with Paula forgotten...
!! ''Random Harvest'' provides examples of:
* AmnesiacHero: John Smith/Charles Rainier. Unlike most examples, he can't remember his own name, and when he regains his original memories, he can't remember his ''other'' name.
* AmnesiacLover: John/Charles can't remember who Paula is, even when she comes to work for him. She doesn't tell him who she really is, though.
* EasyAmnesia: John Smith loses his memory in the trenches, then regains it in a car accident.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Kitty, when she realises John/Charles is still in love with someone else (even though he doesn't know he is).
* SparedByTheAdaption: In the book, Kitty dies. In the film, she goes travelling.
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