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(More customer reviews)JOURNEY FOR MARGARET is the 1940s WWII film that made you want to take to the streets and flog the isolationists. It does an especially credible job of filming the London Blitz of 1940, but has a message that, "The real damage is to England's families and children--not the buildings portrayed by rubble." I first saw this film as a teenager when it was released. We were tough, pool-hall guys and I sobbed. Loraine Day, as Robert Young's wife, stole my heart and I never forgave her for marrying Leo "The Lip" Durocher, manager of the then Brooklyn Dodgers. Young had his role of good American guy under contol; a role which could have been played for maudlin effect. Of the two children stars, little Margaret O'Brien has the upper hand in scene sense. Well cast, this little girl made Americans forget about Shirley Temple. Too bad they didn't entitle this film, "Little Miss Knickers." My wife and I saw this film again last night. I sobbed a tear or two just like in 1942. This film ought to be required viewing in every American history class from elementary, high school, and college.
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