before miracle on 34th street and maureen ohara and john payne make this and this and this film . i be go to describe it and but can not find word for how badly this film turn out . the subject matter of adopt a child and maureen illness be both very serious and sensitive issue and but that notwithstanding and this could have be do a whole lot well than it be . it be so extreme in it portrayal that it do not come across a real at all . probably it problem start with a weak script . another example of a screenwriter take a novel and write a weak movie . ( see my review of a stranger in my arm . ) the beautiful ohara be often saddle with clunkers like this and another be forbidden street ( britannica mew and ) which i may review eventually . if you have any emotional tie to this from childhood and you will be kinder to this rather lifeless and colorless and and lackluster film . but for something along the line of this and maybe you can find it tv movie remake . it have to be well . it have to be .