Robert Young
John Davis
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Plot. During World War II, American war correspondent John Davis leaves France for safer London with his wife, Nora, who is pregnant. John wants her to go back home to Connecticut, but she decides to stay on by his side. John is worn down by the war, and Nora has her doubts about his conviction as a reporter.
Journey for Margaret: Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, Herbert Kline. With Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce. John Davis, a married American newspaper reporter in London, covers the story of a home for children displaced by the war and meets two kids who grow attached to him.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- W.S. Van Dyke, Herbert Kline
- 1942-12
Journey for Margaret was based on a true story, told in the 1941 book of the same name by American journalist William L. White. Called "one of the most moving books to come out of the war" by Life Magazine, Journey for Margaret was White's own very personal story of war and family.
The movie Journey For Margaret was based on a true story. When John Davis was trying to find someone to take one of the children on the plane in place of luggage and he spoke to the Japanese embassy representative who told him he needed to be back in Japan by the first of December ___(1942), it reminded people of what happened on the 7th.
Dec 30, 2010 · Journey for Margaret, WWII Movie starring Robert Young. (1942) Another true story about an American couple who lose their unborn baby during a London bombing raid. Afterward John (Robert Young) finds two orphans that he wants to adopt.
When his wife is traumatized by a miscarriage during a London bombing, American journalist John Davis, decides to set out on his assignment in England. His wife tries to mourn her loss with sports and social events, while John is sent to write an article about the orphanages in the heart of London.
After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret. An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII.
