this be a case of take a fairy tale too far . the enchanted cottage delivers dorothy mcguire a a terrible ugly spinster and robert young a a disfigured pilot . long story short represent scarface marries spinster and after which their love transform them and miraculously ( light and cosmetic and the removal of fake scar ) and into beautiful peoplea magical change that they attribute to the enchantment of living in a seaside cottage that have be the abode of generation of honeymooner . if the story stop there and fine while it would be a fable with a proverbial message represent beauty be in the eye of the beholder . but it lurch ahead and reach for reality . when mr. and mrs. scarface greet their public and it come a a painful shock to them that theyre still homely . you see and they only appear beautiful to each other a situation which the audience be well prepared for because all the secondary character have be sermonize that ill favor people really need to lower their expectation and and find other way to be happy . you know . take up hobby . spinster do woodcut and for instance . scarface considers collect driftwood . the original playwright ( arthur wing pinero ) and the filmmaker have zero faith in human nature . their message be represent youre either ugly or pretty and and no pretty person would ever love an ugly one . what even bad and ugly people evidently need to imagine their lover a pretty . reality just would not do . one wonder what elaine mason saw every day when she look at her husband and stephen hawking .