A brilliant film that helped define a genre

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is the one about the charismatic female patient falling for her doctor and vice versa - a Light Victory if you will - and for reasons best known to themselves the producers are coy about identifying Stanwyck's complaint as tuberculosis despite her being treated in a Swiss clinic high in the mountains and passing patients in beds outdoors. Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven are fine actors and may easily be mentioned in the same breath as Bette Davis and George Brent but alas, they lack chemistry and neither is this supplied by Richard Conte, the third angle of the eternal triangle. As always Edith Head gives great costume so that Stanwyck is always something of a fashion plate but it's more watchable for its rarity and curio value than anything else.

Famed concert pianist Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) is recuperating in a Swiss sanatorium from a respiratory illness under the supervision of loving Dr. Tony Stanton (David Niven). She befriends fellow patient Celestine Miller (Joan Lorring). Playboy Paul Clermont (Richard Conte) crashes his race car barely avoiding Karen on the road. Her illness is more serious than she suspects. She is shocked by Celestine's unexpected death. Stanton tells her that she must rest but she ignores his advise and runs off to live her life with Clermont. It's a bit slow. With Stanwyck, it holds out a possibility of something more. I was hoping for a good twist or something different. In the end, it doesn't really give more than a straight downward slide into a romantic melodrama.

In The Other Love Barbara Stanwyck turns in her standard praiseworthy desperate woman performance while director Andre DeToth's lackluster direction makes it a challenge to get through. Lacking pace and energy the film moves slowly and predictably from one anguished moment to the next with dull results.Concert pianist Susan Duncan is forced to seek treatment for life threatening TB in a Swiss Sanitarium. There she finds herself falling in love with caregiver Dr. Anthony Stanton (David Niven) as well as be frustrated with her treatment. When she feels Stanton has little interest in her she takes up with Paul Clermont Richard Conti) a race car driver, running down her health as she does. Stanton tries to prevent her from self destruction but also reveals his love for her as well. Will it be enough to save Sue? As post war melodramas go The Other Love is a little dated in story and style. Niven's Stanton is a little too retiring and poorly cast. The chemistry just doesn't work and their big emotional scenes together are without passion and desire. Conti's race car driver fares better, but it is Gilbert Roland in one scene with Stanwyck that gives the film its most powerful moment as he coldly exploits her in a highly vulnerable situation.Even with Stanwyck delivering the goods, The Other Love is one dull weeper.

In this film, Barbara Stanwyck is suffering from SOMETHING horrid and is sent to a sanitarium. At first, I wondered if it was a killer STD! Why? Because, oddly, the film NEVER says what her mystery illness is! So, as the film progressed, I listened for clues as to what it was. It appears that it was TB--and you wonder why they never mentioned this. It's not like someone should feel embarrassed about this--and it was, unfortunately, a relatively common ailment back in the 1940s. Perhaps it being so common is why the disease isn't mentioned--maybe they just assumed people would think it's tuberculosis.Regardless, it's a disease that keeps you beautiful and results in her being sent to a treatment center run by a strange and suave doctor (David Niven). All the women seem to fall for him and Babs is no exception. However, after being in treatment for an awfully long time, she is sick of being sick--especially when others she knows die. So, she takes off with a handsome playboy/race car driver (Richard Conte) and never tells him about her illness. What's next in this sticky-sweet drama? See it for yourself.The bottom line is if you adore disease movies, you'll probably like it. I found it WAY overly dramatic and clichéd--but reasonably well-done and engaging. It's certainly NOT the highlight of the careers of any of the stars. My feeling is that it's a slightly silly time-passer and that is all.