A man with no illusions marries a young woman who is brimming with idealism. She attempts to remake her husband with her overflowing optimism, but the marriage is severely strained when her first pregnancy ends in miscarriage. They separate, and the woman has a number of affairs, but eventually she returns to her husband. They have a daughter, then settle down to a life that is a blend of the husband's worldliness and the wife's idealism.

Directed by: John Korty
Written by: John Korty
Runtime: 75 minutes
Cast:
Burgess Meredith Burgess Meredith
Narrator (voice) 
Tom Rosqui Tom Rosqui
Henry 
Ina Mela Ina Mela
Lorabella 
Ellen Frye Ellen Frye
Noel 
Sonia Berman Sonia Berman
Fortune Teller 
Sidney M. Gospe Sidney M. Gospe
Doctor