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Overview

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Director:
Clarence Brown
Writers:
Alice Duer Miller (poem)
Claudine West (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
June 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
The greatest love story of our time! It will live forever in your heart! MGM's greatest triumph!
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Another fine showcase for marvelous Irene Dunne more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Irene Dunne ... Susan Dunn
Alan Marshal ... Sir John Ashwood

Roddy McDowall ... John Ashwood II as a Boy
Frank Morgan ... Hiram Porter Dunn

Van Johnson ... Sam Bennett
C. Aubrey Smith ... Colonel Walter Forsythe
Dame May Whitty ... Nanny
Gladys Cooper ... Lady Jean Ashwood
Peter Lawford ... John Ashwood II as a Young Man
John Warburton ... Reggie Ashwood
Jill Esmond ... Rosamund
Brenda Forbes ... Gwennie
Norma Varden ... Mrs. Bland
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Additional Details

Runtime:
126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #9825) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

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Trivia:
Irene Dunne filmed this movie while filming was held up for A Guy Named Joe (1943) due to Van Johnson's automobile accident. She even helped Johnson land a small role in this film. more
Quotes:
[Of Susan.]
Susan Dunn's landlady: Such a nice young thing. Not a bit like an American.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Déjà Vu (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Flow Gently Sweet Afton more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Another fine showcase for marvelous Irene Dunne, 13 August 2002
8/10
Author: Poseidon-3 from Cincinnati, OH

One of the great crimes of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is that Dunne was never given an Oscar....not even an honorary one! Most of her performances transcend time and come off as fresh and natural today as when they were first delivered. She just must have made it look too easy. The woman could do everything! At any rate, this film features another strong performance from her. She plays a young American girl who comes to England with her father (the irascible Morgan) and is soon swept off her feet by dashing and wealthy Marshall. Before they can enjoy any sort of life together, he is called to serve in WWI and they are separated. This is only part of the story as her life unfolds through the next decades and she struggles with letting her son (McDowall, then Lawford) serve in WWII. The film is obviously patriotic and propaganda filled, but understandably so as WWII was still being waged! Dunne is luminescent in the role and is surrounded by a strong array of familiar supporting actors. Notable are Cooper (endlessly watchable in anything!) and Witty (wonderfully crotchety, yet sentimental.) It is a touch jarring to see Taylor grow into Lockhart (young Taylor barely says anything, but "Yes, Sir John".) Lawford is at his most youthful and appealing. The film has a lot of sentiment and melodrama, but also a lot of heart and a little humor. It winds up being quite touching at times and displays a time long gone, but a patriotism that can still be resurrected when events call for it.

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