Given the question: Build a movie plot around this: Who steps in and tells Marion that she is punishing Charles for his not realizing that she loved him? Claude
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Paris, France. After the success of his first book, famous American writer Charles Wills (Van Johnson) returns to Paris, and visits a local cafe named Cafe Dhingo where he chats with the bartender about his life. Charles flashes back to his past....In May 1945, just as World War II was ending in Europe, Charles was on the streets of Paris, covering the city-wide V-E celebration. He was suddenly grabbed by the most beautiful woman he ever saw, she kissed him on the lips and disappeared.Charles followed the crowd to Cafe Dhingo and met another pretty woman named Marion Ellswirth (Donna Reed). The mutual attraction was instant, and he was invited to join the party her father was throwing in celebration of the end of the war. Charles, Marion, and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine (George Dolenz) arrived at the Ellswirth household, only to find that the woman who kissed Charles was Marion's younger sister Helen (Elizabeth Taylor).During drinks, Charles learned that Marion and Helen's father, James Ellswirth (Walter Pidgeon), came out of World War I alive and promptly joined the drifter generation. Unlike most drifters, he never grew out of it; even went as far as raising his two daughters to desire such lifestyle. Helen took after her father and used her beauty to sustain a life of luxury even though James was flat broke. Marion went the other way, and looked for serious-minded and conventional young men such as Claude the aspiring prosecutor and Charles the future novelist.Charles and Helen fell in love and started dating. After Helen recovered from a near-death case of pneumonia from being out in the rain, they got married and settled in Paris. James had hoped that Helen would marry rich, but having taken a liking to Charles, he good-naturedly joined the happy family of Charles. One year later, Helen got pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, whom they name Vickie. Marion, having lost Charles to Helen, agreed to marry Claude around the same time.Charles struggles to make ends meet with his meagre...