Brothers Zoltan and Alexander Korda were Hungarian-born heavyweights in the British film industry. Alexander made his name as a mogul for London Films and British Lion Films, Zoltan in directing movies like Sahara (1943) and The Jungle Book (1942). Talent ran in the family, too -- third Korda brother Vincent was an art director, and Zoltan was married to actress Joan Gardner. In this, one of two movies where husband directed wife, the young secretary Helen (Gardner) takes a cruise and meets handsome first officer Hugh Anderson (Ivan Brandt). They have a flirtation but are separated by malicious lies from Helen's jealous friend. In the aftermath, a brokenhearted Helen marries a gallant opera singer (Beniamino Gigli) and adopts his adorable son as her own. But when the jealous friend confesses her lie, will Helen stay with her opera singer husband? Or chase after the sailor who got away? A remake of German film Vergiss Mein Nicht (1935), with all new actors, except for Gigli reprising his role from the original.

By Violet LeVoit