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>
Good World War II romantic drama with excellent performances by Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotton and 16-year old Shirley Temple.
"I'll Be Seeing You" looks at the effects of a kind of `battle fatigue' known then as "old sergeant's syndrome". This particular form of post-traumatic stress occurred in battle-seasoned noncommissioned officers. After a dreadful encounter with someone's guard dog Sgt. Zachary Morgan, on leave from an Army mental hospital, experiences a very realistic and dramatically effective "flash back". Through judicious camera editing you see Joseph Cotton affect the appropriate 'sweat response', as his forehead, chest, shoulders and armpits become progressively more sweat-drenched. Very realistic!
This movie also subtly delivers the message that none of us are perfect and that open-mindedness and compassion are virtues called for under difficult circumstances.