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This Love of Ours

  • 19451945
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
136
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POPULARITY
107,747
14,578
Claude Rains, Charles Korvin, and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)
DramaRomance
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new... Read allAt a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flashback as Michel's abandoned wife Karin, whom the... Read allAt a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flashback as Michel's abandoned wife Karin, whom their daughter Susette thinks is dead. Can Susette cope if they now re-unite?
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
136
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
107,747
14,578
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    • Director
      • William Dieterle
    • Writers
      • Bruce Manning(screenplay)
      • John D. Klorer(screenplay)
      • Leonard Lee(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Merle Oberon
      • Charles Korvin
      • Claude Rains
    Top credits
    • Director
      • William Dieterle
    • Writers
      • Bruce Manning(screenplay)
      • John D. Klorer(screenplay)
      • Leonard Lee(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Merle Oberon
      • Charles Korvin
      • Claude Rains
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    • 3User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Claude Rains, Merle Oberon, and Pamela Peyton in This Love of Ours (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Helene Thimig in This Love of Ours (1945)
    Charles Korvin and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)
    Claude Rains, Charles Korvin, and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)
    Charles Korvin and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)
    Claude Rains, Charles Korvin, and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)

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    Merle Oberon
    Merle Oberon
    • Karin Touzac
    Charles Korvin
    Charles Korvin
    • Dr. Michel Touzac
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Joseph Targel aka The Great Targel
    Carl Esmond
    Carl Esmond
    • Uncle Robert
    Sue England
    Sue England
    • Susette Touzac
    Jess Barker
    Jess Barker
    • Ed Chadwick
    Helene Thimig
    Helene Thimig
    • Mrs. Tucker
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Dr. Wilkerson
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Dr. Dailey
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • Dr. Lane
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Dr. Barnes
    Fritz Leiber
    Fritz Leiber
    • Dr. Bailey
    Selmer Jackson
    Selmer Jackson
    • Dr. Melnik
    Ann Codee
    Ann Codee
    • Anna
    Ferike Boros
    Ferike Boros
    • Housekeeper
    Maris Wrixon
    Maris Wrixon
    • Evelyn
    Leon Tyler
    • Ross
    Doris Merrick
    Doris Merrick
    • Vivian
    • Director
      • William Dieterle
    • Writers
      • Bruce Manning(screenplay)
      • John D. Klorer(screenplay)
      • Leonard Lee(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1946 with Sue England reprising her film role.
    • Connections
      Remade as Never Say Goodbye (1956)

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    7/10
    Merle Oberon Suffers for Her Husband's Delusions
    A little girl worships at a shrine to her dead mother, who she barely remembers. An absent-minded, but kindly seeming foreign scientific sort, lives a lonely life in a big mansion researching drugs, and brushing off the advances of women who want to share his life. When scientist goes off to a Chicago convention, he bumps into tipsy, embittered Merele Oberon, and begins to remember THIS LOVE OF OURS.

    Soap operas and melodrama, except for those made by Douglas Sirk and his acolytes Fassbinder and Haynes, or starring Bettie or Joan, get little respect. This one, directed by the always unfashionable William Dieterle, and starring the beautiful but is she really acting Merele Oberon, languishes in obscurity. And that obscurity is unfair -- Oberon, who by virtue of her looks and style always seems a bit mysterious, is perfect for a role in which her character and virtuousness are, by the author and director's intent, in question.

    Frankly, the structure of this movie is fascinating, but causes the movie to be a bit slow in its opening reels, and to concentrate on a character who is, as the English would put it, a bit thick. The opening dull patches, however, are rewarded when Claude Rains appears (in a role that is also initially ambiguous). Also, this movie has one of the sexier "cute meets" in 40s pictures, as our hero is called upon to bandage showgirl Oberon's sprained ankle, and can't stop paying attention to Oberon's very fine leg.

    To tell much more about an obscure movie that relies on its surprises for its theme is just not fair. It is worth the time, if only to witness that the soap opera can offer as many plot twists as the thriller, and can make them an integral part of the theme.

    Worth rediscovering. Maybe it will find its way to TCM.
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    • Release date
      • November 2, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • As It Was Before
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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