Story
Cuenta la vida y muerte de los cinco hermanos Sullivan, que crecieron fuertes y sanos en un pueblo del Medio Oeste norteamericano en medio del amor de sus padres y el cariño de sus vecinos y amigos. Cuando estalló la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), se enrolaron a la vez en la Marina y murieron al ser hundido su barco por el enemigo. A raíz de este hecho, los Estados Unidos promulgaron "la Ley Sullivan", que prohibía que varios miembros de una familia se enrolaran en el mismo buque a fin de evitar que volviera a ocurrir una tragedia de tal magnitud. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
