the gift of love have get to be one of the most cringe inducing movie i have see from the 50 when sentimental tear jerker be still the rage and especially if they be dress up in handsome technicolor photography and setting . and preferably and with star like robert stack and lauren bacall for box office appeal . this one be a sad remake of an even weepy b and w original call sentimental journey that star maureen ohara and john payne ( with connie marshall a the little girl ) and a fox film so banal that you wonder why they bother to toy with the script again . it still banal and all the way and with a ludicrous script and inept performance you have get to see to believe how bad the acting be . lauren bacall be the noble wife who know she have a terminal illness and so she prepare the little girl and hubby for her demise and want them to go on love each other and help each other when she go . that the plot and in a nutshell and and naturally when she die hubby go off his rocker and make thing difficult for the girl and end up send her back to the orphanage where they adopt her . what happen after this will try your patience to the utmost a the girl leave her snug bed at the orphanage to run out into a rainstorm with her toy horse along the seashore . you know whatever happen next will reunite her with her father and who seem to be get a message from his dead wife that the girl need emergency help . it a sticky and mushy a these thing can possibly be with robert stack at his absolute bad feign mournfulness over his wife sudden departure the scene of him at her gravesite be almost laughable . and the little girl ( evelyn rudie ) make you appreciate what a marvelous actress shirley temple be a a child star . surprisingly and it all direct by the wonderful jean negulesco and who must have be force into fulfil contract demand to even come near this maudlin script . i see from the other comment that this sort of nonsense appeal strongly to teen age girl when first view . i hope they have a chance to reconsider call it wonderful if they see it again a adult .