“Go
into Swing music? No thanks, Dusty, I'll stick to real music.”
“But
look, Amelia, Swing musicians aren't freaks anymore, they're artists with a new
mode of music.”
My Love Came Back is yet another film
where the title makes no sense with the story whatsoever. This always drives me
nuts.
Amelia
(Olivia de Havilland) is a violinist going to a prestigious music school in New
York City. She is late for a concert and she has first chair. After the concert
her professor tells Amelia she has been late several times. He will not let her
explain her circumstances he just goes on and on. He tries to discipline Amelia
but she gets so upset and throws something at the window on the door breaking
it. Amelia finally gets to explain that she was giving lessons to make money.
The academy forbids their scholarship students to work they need to focus on
their music.
Tony
Baldwin works for a man named Mr. Malette at a music distributing company. He
has just become the president of the company over Mr. Malette’s son. Mr.
Malette is now busy being president of the academy Amelia attends. He saw her
perform at the concert and wants to help her. Mr. Malette sends Amelia some
records and a new player.
Amelia’s
friends Joy (Jane Wyman) and Dusty (Eddie Bracken) try to convince her to play
swing music so she can make some money. She does not like the idea at first
then she does after she plays it for a bit. Amelia informs the academy that she
is leaving to join a swing band. Mr. Malette is there when she makes her
announcement. He wants to give more money towards her scholarship. Because of Mr. Malett’s kindness Amelia
agrees to stay.
Mr.
Malette takes Amelia all over town to hear music. He was supposed to go to a
ball with Amelia but his wife caught hold of him and reminded him it was their
anniversary. Mr. Malette tells Tony to go to the ball in his place with Amelia.
Right away Tony thinks Amelia is Mr. Malette’s mistress and treats her poorly.
Paul.
Mr. Malett’s son, sees that Tony has charged one hundred dollars for Amelia to
the company account. He is determined to find out who she is because he is
still upset at his father for not giving him the presidency position. When Paul
asks Tony who she is Tony does not say thinking Amelia is the boss’s mistress.
After this Tony goes to Amelia and talks to her like she is the mistress. He
tries to tell her to leave Mr. Malette but she has no idea what he is talking
about. Paul makes things even more complicated by telling his sister Valerie
that Tony has been seeing Amelia. Valerie like Tony and becomes extremely jealous.
Amelia meets with Paul. She tells him that the money that was given to her is
for her scholarship and nothing else. Then Paul goes to see Amelia at her place
and his father walks in. Now he thinks his father is seeing Amelia and he
storms out. As he walks down the stairs Tony is walking up. Tony is upset he
walks out of the building without going to Amelia’s.
Now
Amelia is upset because Tony does not want to see her. Dusty gets his swing
band a job. Their job is at the Malette house. Amelia thinks Mrs. Malette knows
about her. The two women talk and everything is cleared up.
To
make a long story short, Amelia and Tony get together after Mrs. Malette speaks
to him.
Alright
so maybe the title does fit to some extent but that happens at the end and the
main focus is Amelia and her music not her and some guy.
Olivia
de Havilland gives nothing short of a great performance. She was always
fantastic. I just feel bad that she had to come off making Gone With the Wind but hey she was a star in the studio system what
could she have done. Eddie Bracken and Jane Wyman were the best parts of the
film. They were so funny together going back and forth teasing each other.
My Love Came Back was an ok film. The
story gets a little silly and annoying after a while. I suggest only seeing My Love Came Back for Olivia de
Havilland and Eddie Bracken and Jayne Wyman. It is not a film that needs to be
seen in a hurry.
