The Blue Veil

Louise is a woman who lost her husband in the war. The account begins just after the Great War. She gives birth to a child. The baby dies soon after. Louise is left alone at home. She starts looking for work. She finds a place as a nursemaid with a family. The job is meant to last two weeks. The mother of the house died in childbirth. Louise looks after the baby. The family does not want to let her go. So an arrangement begins that lasts for years. She raises the children of other families as well. Her life passes in that work. Jane Wyman and Charles Laughton appear in the one hundred thirteen minute film, an American production Curtis Bernhardt finished in 1951.