Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) is a glamorous socialite used to getting everything and everyone she wants—until she meets brilliant young violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield). Crawford makes Helen a richly layered character, torn between selfless love and selfish impulses, in this acclaimed exploration of desire from 1946, and Garfield matches her as the driven genius. His dazzling technique is the product of two real violinists hidden behind him, one to do the fingering and one the bow work. The Oscar-nominated score was dubbed by virtuoso Isaac Stern.