I'll Be Seeing You (1944)A soldier suffering from battle fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance. Director:William Dieterle |
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I'll Be Seeing You (1944)A soldier suffering from battle fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance. Director:William Dieterle |
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| Ginger Rogers | ... |
Mary Marshall
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| Joseph Cotten | ... |
Zachary Morgan
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| Shirley Temple | ... |
Barbara Marshall
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| Spring Byington | ... |
Mrs. Marshall
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Tom Tully | ... |
Mr. Marshall
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| John Derek | ... |
Lt. Bruce
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| Chill Wills | ... |
Swanson
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Kenny Bowers | ... |
Sailor on Train
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Ginger Rogers is a convict released from state penitentiary for a Christmas leave. On the train, she meets Sergeant Joseph Cotton who has been released from a mental hospital and she invites him home for dinner. Written by Jack McKillop <jem3@donuts0.bellcore.com>
I usually gobble up 1940's romantic movies like freshly made creamed rice pudding, so I was most surprised to see this on DVD whilst looking for something else ! For the occasion, I gave in to an impulse and came home with the DVD in my bags ! This is not normal as I only usually buy DVD's of films I know and like.
The "risk" paid off ........ I thoroughly enjoyed the film, of course, I dearly love both of the main actors and am also fairly fond of Shirley Temple ( it's a change to see her as an adolescent instead of as a small kid ). Although the beginning of the film is a tad slow, the whole outfit soon warms up and of course viewer suspense is maintained by asking oneself when each one of the couple will discover the "terrible" secret of the other. It's an old and tried formula, but the hard fact is that it WORKS ! The only unpleasant moment is a frighteningly savage dog attack on Mr Cotten - which I wasn't expecting
- and left me momentarily breathless (let's face it, those big white
teeth were impressive !!!). I am happy to have this film as part of my DVD collection and would highly recommend it to all of you who are smitten with 1940's style romanticism !