#helen wright

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Joan Crawford as Helen Wright Humoresque (1946) dir. Jean Negulesco

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myrna kennedy and helen wright, 1930

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Joan Crawford as Helen Wright in Humoresque (1946)

[mostardentlyinllamaswithyou]

Back in England, twins Ruth and Helen are as close as can be. They turn out to be completely identical save for their hair colors, though Ruth is more confident and outgoing than the timid Helen.

The twins get along well with their younger "brothers", Hugo Marie and Jean Basile. When they are older, Edmund and Celestine will tell them the story of their birth, but for now the twins happily play the role of older sisters.

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Joan Crawford in Humoresque (1946)

[mostardentlyinllamaswithyou]

In the year 1919, the twin daughters of Benjamin and the late Eugenie Wright are christened Ruth and Helen Wright at a local church in Henford-on-Bagley.

[mostardentlyinllamaswithyou]

"We'll have to take them in, yes?"

Edmund nods. "They have no where else to go. Francis and Virginia have their hands full, Eugenia is unmarried, and my father is growing old and is burdened with grief."

"Are you alright with it, Celeste?"

"I am. I just feel so sorry for the poor girls. They'll never know their true mother."

"We'll tell them more about her when they're older. I don't think it would be wise to keep this from them."

"I agree."

"For now, we can arrange their christening."

Edmund and Celestine decide to raise the twins as their own for now, with the intention of revealing the truth when they are old enough to understand.