Random Harvest (1942) review

Mentally damaged from World War I and unable to remember his real identity, English soldier "John Smith" (Ronald Colman) wanders away from the Melbridge County Asylum, meets saintly actress "Paula Ridgeway" (Greer Garson) who takes care of him, they marry and have a son, but just as he's preparing to get a job as a journalist, he's hit by an automobile, recalls his actual name is Charles Rainier and returns to his wealthy family, where he plans to wed amorous Kitty (Susan Peters) and forgets about Paula and their life together.  Although Colman and Garson are pleasant as the leads - he's convincingly confused while she's clearly smitten (and does a lot of "eyebrow acting") - the "amnesia" plot device (which was supposedly used more effectively in James Hilton's novel) is one of the biggest gimmicks in the cinema and it's completely abused here ... and then there's Kitty and her magical ability to "read" Rainier's mind and realize he's (subconsciously) in love with another female.  It's total Hollywood schmaltz and desperately lacking in drama and yet many viewers find it heartwarming, so it might be a matter of personal taste.