The Very Thought of You (1944)Director:Delmer Daves |
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The Very Thought of You (1944)Director:Delmer Daves |
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Dennis Morgan | ... |
Sgt. David Stewart
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| Eleanor Parker | ... |
Janet Wheeler
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| Dane Clark | ... |
Sgt. 'Fixit' Gilman
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Faye Emerson | ... |
Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
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| Beulah Bondi | ... |
Mrs. Harriet Wheeler
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| Henry Travers | ... |
Pop Wheeler
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| William Prince | ... |
Fred
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| Andrea King | ... |
Molly Wheeler
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John Alvin | ... |
Cal Wheeler
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Marianne O'Brien | ... |
Bernice
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Georgia Lee Settle | ... |
Ellie Wheeler
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| Richard Erdman | ... |
Soda Jerk
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Francis Pierlot | ... |
Minister Raymond Houck
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This is an impressive drama about the other side of the familiar "Dear John" plot in World War II movies -- that is, what the women back home went through in fear, loneliness, and temptation while their boyfriends and husbands were far away, perhaps never to return. If you think of 40's movies as prudish, you'll be surprised by lines like, "I can't remember anymore the way it felt when we made love."
Sidebar: A supporting actress, the later-famous Faye Emerson, had just married FDR's son Elliott when this film was released. Also, if you live in L.A., you'll enjoy scenes on the Cal Tech campus and on Mt. Wilson.