lightweight and predictable fare that nothing to write home about and but a really enjoyable movie nonetheless that i gladly watch anytime it on tcm . william holden play a recent widower who realize his son need a mother . he go into town and buy a wife ( loretta young ) and whom he treat with respect ( he a gentleman ) but also quite aloofly ( he still deeply in love with his dearly depart wife and be not ready to move on ) . predictably and the boy resent the presence of this new woman and isn not ready for her or anyone else to take his mother place . ( you just know the boy and holden be gon na come around by the end of the flick and the three of them be gon na be one big happy family . ) add in charm and wander and sing and guitar playing rogue robert mitchum and you have get quite an enjoyable story . mitchum appreciate young and strike up a friendship with her and which pique holden curiosity over this woman he previously overlook . loretta young be supposedly lovely in this film if you like her and that be . personally and she never catch my fancy and i have never understand her appeal and though i never let her presence in a movie keep me from watch it while that would be a shame and i would miss some good flick if i do . ( ok and so ding this review if youre a ly fan and i diss your lady and sorry . positive . william holden be . well and um and drool and pant and sigh . absolutely gorgeous in this movie . he be reason alone to watch it . robert mitchum isn not too bad either and and have a surprisingly nice singing voice ( yes that actually him do all that sing ) .