i admire the star of this film and and they give great performance and a expect . the act strike all the right emotional chord and but unfortunately the material be weak one of those doomed romance where the plot contrive to keep the lover apart through one calamity after another and and some stupid and unnecessary sacrifice make by the heroine . she believe he be kill in the war and become a nun . he escape from prison camp just too late to stop her from take her final vow . oh and fate be cru el . of course youre suppose to enjoy the soapy drama without question it and and have a good cry and but i just roll my eye and berate the character on the screen . she could have wait a bit before take such a radical step after all and he be only miss and presume dead . i wouldn not be give up on my true love so soon . and after the poor guy struggle repeatedly to get back to her and how be he reward for be so brave and clever and loyal . he find out she wasn not loyal to him and and she isn not brave enough to be with him no matter what . ( i choose to interpret the white in this film title a cowardly and thankyouverymuch ) . oh and she can not renounce her vow ( even though technically she can ) . it too late . she marry to jesus now . even though she admit she still love gable and wouldn not have go through with it if she would find out he survive . which mean her vow be a mockery anyway and she pretty much lie during the ceremony . isn not it compel to watch someone struggle to suppress their real feeling for the sake of a promise make because it give her comfort and even when the reason and need for say comfort have be remove . no and it just infuriate . the end really pile on the soapsuds and a the hero finally accept her decision and and they have their upteenth move goodbye scene . how many time do we have to watch these two say goodbye forever . 1. when her father disapproves of him and she try to honour her engagement to another man 2. when she feel too guilty to be with gable now that her father go and because dad die while chase her ( . ) to stop her from be with gable and you see . 3. when gable go off to war 4. when he first visit her at the convent and she send him away 5. when he finally stop pursue her but promise to love her for the rest of his life . and get ready for one more . a few second later the rest of his life be cut short ( with just enough time to say goodbye again though . ) a he kill by a bomb during a raid ( which wouldn not have happen if she hadn not insist on go back to the convent and under his escort ) . sheesh . jesus really hat this guy for move in on his woman and eh . gable promise to wait for her in the afterlife and but i have a feel the eternal love triangle will never be resolve . god and the big bully and will keep tripping gable up with banana peel in heaven . or maybe he will just remove the competition and send the guy to hell . fate be cru el that way . the white sister start off promisingly and with some cute and amuse court scene between the would be lover . too bad the film descend into contrive melodrama that only a masochist ( or a repressed nun and but now i be be redundant ) could enjoy .