every star must have at least one piece of work that absolutely stink . miss bette and winter meeting be a bore from the beginning . susan grieve ( davis ) be a depressed poet that fall in love with a war hero ( jim davis ) . the event of ww11 make this soldier want to be a priest . share secret over a nightcap be just not a remedy for the doldrums . a very wordy script and dour atmosphere throughout . just little over an hour run time be a relief . the effort of jim davis a the moody hero slick novak outshines miss davis . also in the cast represent janis paige and walter baldwin and florence bates and john hoyt . if anything be redeem it the score by max steiner .