The Razor's Edge (DVD)

The Razor's Edge (1946) starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb. A young man named Larry (Power) travels to Paris in the 1920s to "find himself" after World War I. His fiancee Isabel (Tierney) is patient with him -- at first. After over a year in Paris, he is off to India in search of wisdom. Meanwhile, back in America, Sophie MacDonald (Baxter), an old friend of Larry, loses her husband and child in a car crash. Baxter won an Oscar for her performance as Sophie, who becomes a dipsomaniac after her tragic loss, but later quits drinking and gets engaged to Larry in Paris. Based on the book by Somerset Maugham, the movie tells a surprisingly moving story of love and loss, goodness and evil. Main flaw is length of film, which at two and a half hours I found a bit overlong. Subtitles and closed captions are available on the disc. Grade: B+