Comments on: Friday Film Review: Rachel and the Stranger http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Mon, 28 May 2012 07:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219177 Janine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:56:57 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219177 @<a href="#comment-219167" rel="nofollow">Jayne</a>: I don't recall one exactly like your description of this movie, but there have been elements of that premise in various romances. The aspect involving the hero who takes the heroine for granted until a friend of his shows his respect for her reminds me a little bit of Elizabeth Lowell's <em>Only Mine</em>. Karen Robards had a book, set during the Colonial era, (I don't remember the title) where the hero (not the heroine) was an indentured servant. Candice Proctor's excellent <em>Night in Eden</em>, set in Australia, had a heroine who was a convict as well as indentured to the hero. And I have fond memories of Jude Deveraux's <em>The Invitation</em>, a funny western/Americana romance about a mail order bride. @Jayne: I don’t recall one exactly like your description of this movie, but there have been elements of that premise in various romances. The aspect involving the hero who takes the heroine for granted until a friend of his shows his respect for her reminds me a little bit of Elizabeth Lowell’s Only Mine. Karen Robards had a book, set during the Colonial era, (I don’t remember the title) where the hero (not the heroine) was an indentured servant. Candice Proctor’s excellent Night in Eden, set in Australia, had a heroine who was a convict as well as indentured to the hero. And I have fond memories of Jude Deveraux’s The Invitation, a funny western/Americana romance about a mail order bride.

]]> By: Jayne http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219167 Jayne Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:18:36 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219167 @<a href="#comment-219165" rel="nofollow">Janine</a>: It's been a long time since I read a good mail-order bride book and I don't recall ever reading one about an indentured heroine. But that's what Rachel is. @Janine: It’s been a long time since I read a good mail-order bride book and I don’t recall ever reading one about an indentured heroine. But that’s what Rachel is.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219165 Janine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:14:14 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219165 This movie sounds just like a romance novel! I bet it inspired some of them. This movie sounds just like a romance novel! I bet it inspired some of them.

]]> By: rigmarole http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219160 rigmarole Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:26:54 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219160 Oh, I've seen Rachel and the Stranger easily a dozen times. It was probably the first movie I ever saw Loretta Young in. She didn't make a lot of movies that interest me, I guess, but she's very warm and watchable. And William Holden's best roles were antiheroes, almost without exception. Oh, I’ve seen Rachel and the Stranger easily a dozen times. It was probably the first movie I ever saw Loretta Young in. She didn’t make a lot of movies that interest me, I guess, but she’s very warm and watchable. And William Holden’s best roles were antiheroes, almost without exception.

]]> By: Jayne http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219159 Jayne Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:07:38 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219159 @<a href="#comment-219113" rel="nofollow">Maria Zannini</a>: Wow, I didn't think there would be as many comments on this movie as there usually are on my others but it looks like you and I are the only ones who've seen it. @Maria Zannini: Wow, I didn’t think there would be as many comments on this movie as there usually are on my others but it looks like you and I are the only ones who’ve seen it.

]]> By: Maria Zannini http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-rachel-and-the-stranger/#comment-219113 Maria Zannini Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:21:49 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=14603#comment-219113 I've always loved this film for exactly the reasons you stated. But, lordy, I can't remember the last time I've seen it. It's a shame it hasn't come out in dvd. It would be on my buy list as a comfort movie for the next time I drag in from work. I’ve always loved this film for exactly the reasons you stated. But, lordy, I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen it.

It’s a shame it hasn’t come out in dvd. It would be on my buy list as a comfort movie for the next time I drag in from work.

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