This Love of Ours (1945)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

William Dieterle

Writers:

John D. Klorer (screenplay)
Leonard Lee (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 November 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Play

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Merle Oberon	...	Karin Touzac
Claude Rains	...	Joseph Targel
Charles Korvin	...	Dr. Michel Touzac
Carl Esmond	...	Uncle Bob
Sue England	...	Susette Touzac
Jess Barker	...	Chadwick
Helen Thimig	...	Mrs. Tucker
Harry Davenport	...	Dr. Wilkerson
Dave Willock	...	Dr. Dailey
Ralph Morgan	...	Dr. Lane
Howard Freeman	...	Dr. Barnes
Fritz Leiber	...	Dr. Bailey
Selmer Jackson	...	Dr. Melnik
Ann Codee	...	Anna
Ferike Boros	...	Housekeeper

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #11202, General Audience)

Company:

Universal Pictures

Movie Connections:

Version of Never Say Goodbye (1956)

Implausible but well-done soap opera

Merle Oberon gives one of her best performances as a beautiful young Frenchwoman abandoned by her husband (with their daughter in tow) because of malicious gossip her husband overhears. She is reunited with them by a twist of fate ten years later, but can she bring her family back together? This is a first class soaper with strong performances by all. Claude Rains also stars as her partner in a nightclub act. He seems woefully underused in this film, but his patrician presence gives the film the class that it needs in order to keep it from being a maudlin woman's picture. Unusual, implausible, but watchable nonetheless, especially if you are a fan of soap operas.