Character Relationship Map: Remember?

Characters

• Linda Bronson (played by Greer Garson) — protagonist

  A fashion-forward young woman originally engaged to her childhood friend Sky. She catches the eye of Jeff and they impulsively marry. After Sky administers a memory-erasing drug, they forget their mar...

• Jeff Holland (played by Robert Taylor) — protagonist

  A successful advertising executive and Sky's best friend of twenty-one years. He impulsively pursues and marries Sky's fiancée, Linda. After being drugged by Sky to forget a stressful period, he loses...

• Sky Ames (played by Lew Ayres) — supporting

  The cheerful, loyal best friend of Jeff who becomes engaged to Linda. When Jeff pursues her, Sky orchestrates a plan to erase their marriage using a new amnesiac drug he works with in a research lab....

• Mrs. Bronson (played by Billie Burke) — supporting

  Linda's fashionable and somewhat whimsical mother who initially welcomes Sky as a suitor. She participates in the surprise party for the newlyweds and approves of Jeff's courtship, reflecting a lighth...

• Dr. Schmidt (played by Sig Ruman) — supporting
• Mr. Bronson (played by Reginald Owen) — supporting

  Linda's stern and traditional father who hosts the wedding and hunting gatherings. He is visibly displeased by Jeff's presence and behavior, frequently interrupting dinner conversations to defend his...

• Marcel (played by Armand Kaliz) — minor
• Mr. McIntyre (played by George Barbier) — supporting

  A demanding and irritable advertising client who owns a health tonic company. He constantly pressures Jeff to deliver results, frequently delaying personal plans for business. He later praises Jeff's...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Sky Ames → Dr. Schmidt (Professional Laboratory Colleagues) — They collaborate on the experimental forgetfulness drug.

  Dr. Schmidt explains the forgetfulness drug in the laboratory, and Sky receives the vial from him before deciding to use it.

• Sky Ames → Mr. McIntyre (Professional Business Assistant) — Sky serves McIntyre through both advertising-related assistance and laboratory work.

  Sky stands beside McIntyre at the office and is later described as being in charge of McIntyre's research laboratory.

• Jeff Holland → Mr. McIntyre (Professional Advertising Executive And Client) — Jeff's professional obligations to McIntyre obstruct his relationship with Linda.

  McIntyre demands better advertising results from Jeff and repeatedly delays Jeff's personal plans by requiring business attention.

• Mrs. Bronson → Mr. Bronson (Family Spouses) — They are Linda's married parents and jointly host family events.

  Mrs. Bronson introduces Sky to her husband and calls him her husband while referring to him as George.

• Linda Bronson → Mrs. Bronson (Family Daughter) — Mrs. Bronson is Linda's mother and remains involved in her romantic and domestic life.

  Mrs. Bronson welcomes Linda home, helps host the family gathering, and is astonished when Linda appears with Jeff after the memory loss.

• Linda Bronson → Jeff Holland (Romantic Partners) — Their impulsive attraction becomes the central romance and survives the loss of memory.

  Jeff proposes to Linda at the Colony, and they later elope. After the forgetfulness drug erases their recent memories, they fall in love again and mar...

• Linda Bronson → Sky Ames (Romantic Former Fiancés) — Linda and Sky begin the story as an engaged couple, but their relationship ends when Linda chooses Jeff.

  Sky arrives wearing a ring and tells Jeff that he met the most wonderful girl in the world. Linda later identifies Sky as the man she is supposed to m...

• Mr. Bronson → Linda Bronson (Family Father) — Mr. Bronson is Linda's traditional and protective father.

  Mr. Bronson is introduced as Linda's father and hosts the gathering at the family mansion.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Marcel → Jeff Holland (Narrative Telephone Intermediary) — Marcel briefly mediates the office's attempt to locate Jeff.

  At the nearly empty Colony, Marcel answers the telephone while Jeff waves his arms and says that Jeff is not there.

• Jeff Holland → Mr. Bronson (In-Law Conflict) — Jeff's careless remarks create a hostile relationship with Linda's father.

  Mr. Bronson disapproves of Jeff during the hunting outing and later reacts angrily when Jeff insults him, his interests, and his guests.

• Sky Ames → Jeff Holland (Social Best Friends) — Their long friendship is tested when Jeff pursues Sky's fiancée.

  The plot identifies Sky as Jeff's best friend, and Linda learns that they have known each other for twenty-one years.

Story Analysis

A romantic comedy explores whether love can survive rivalry, marital failure, and the deliberate erasure of memory.

Plot Progression

1. A Fiancée Meets A Rival — Sky returns from Nassau engaged and introduces Linda to Jeff. Jeff immediately pursues Linda, creating a romantic conflict between the two longtime friends.
2. Courtship In Public — Jeff follows Linda through family gatherings, a fox hunt, and the World's Fair. Sky encourages Linda to keep seeing Jeff, and the pair finally decide to elope.
3. Marriage Under Pressure — Jeff and Linda marry, but McIntyre's demands repeatedly interrupt their private plans. Jeff's insults at the surprise party and his missed honeymoon departure push the marriage toward separation.
4. The Manufactured Forgetting — After learning about Dr. Schmidt's forgetfulness drug, Sky secretly gives it to Jeff and Linda. Jeff forgets the previous six months, including the marriage and its collapse.
5. Love Repeats Itself — Jeff and Linda recreate the emotional pattern of their first meeting without remembering their earlier marriage. They marry again, while Sky accepts his loneliness and drinks the remaining drug.