Magnificent Obsession (1935)





Helen Hudson (Irene Dunne) is left widowed and penniless after the hospital is unable to save the life of her charitable husband, Dr. Hudson, because another drowning victim -- the spoiled Robert Merrick (Robert Taylor) -- required the hospital's only resuscitation device. Merrick seeks Helen out to offer recompense, but she rebukes him. He soon falls in love with her, but an accident leads to Helen's loss of eyesight, which threatens their relationship and eventually her life.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , January 1936
Photoplay , February 1936
Photoplay , March 1936


Books with substantial mentioning of Magnificent Obsession

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Robert Taylor
Secaucus, N.J., 1975
pp. 43-45 info