Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Good movie but grossly overrated

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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.

Barbara Stanwyck stars as Karen, a famous concert pianist, who is sent to a picturesque Swiss sanitarium for a lengthy stay. She's suffering from TB and the prognosis isn't good, but her doctor (David Niven) takes a special interest in her case. Karen tires of endless bed rest, however, and falls for a smooth-talking race car driver (Richard Conte).This is a wonderful movie, very much a product of its time. Glamour is everything, as the sanitarium guests dine in gowns and tuxedos while taking long, smoldering drags on their cigarettes. Stanwyck's wardrobe was designed by Edith Head and she looks gorgeous. Niven is a dreamy doctor while Conte is a bit off-putting as the driver on the make.It's all very pretty and Stanwyck only coughs when the music swells, very Camille-like. It's obvious that they completely changed the ending, but that's a minor quibble with such a sumptuous, romantic story as this. Recommended if you like movies the way they used to be.