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Writers:
Clare Jaynes (novel)
Catherine Turney (writer)
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Release Date:
26 January 1946 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Of all the dramatic triumphs from Warners this one is the greatest!
Plot:
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems... more | add synopsis
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Satisfying High-Class Weepie more (17 total)

Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Jessica Drummond
George Brent ... Maj. Scott Landis
Warner Anderson ... Frank Everett
Lucile Watson ... Mrs. Mary Kimball
John Ridgely ... Cary Abbott
Eve Arden ... Ginna Abbott
Jerome Cowan ... George Van Orman
Esther Dale ... Anna
Scotty Beckett ... Kim Drummond
Leona Maricle ... Riette Van Orman
Mary Servoss ... Mary
Cecil Cunningham ... Mrs. Stella Thompson
Janis Wilson ... Penny Boardman
Ann E. Todd ... Gretchen Van Orman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobby Cooper ... Keith Drummond
Leah Baird ... Woman (uncredited)
Ellsworth Blake ... Bit Part (uncredited)

Oliver Blake ... Dave (uncredited)
Elyse Brown ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Dale Cornell ... Jitterbug (uncredited)
Frank Darien ... Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Shirley Doble ... Jitterbug (uncredited)
Dan Dowling ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock ... Mrs. Hanson (uncredited)
Dick Elliott ... Tipsy Man (uncredited)
Nancy Evans ... Baby Hawks (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Guest at Van Ormans' New Years Eve party (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle ... Phyllis (uncredited)
Dickie Humphreys ... Jitterbug (uncredited)
Charles Jordan ... Al, the Butcher (uncredited)
Darwood Kaye ... Bill 'Droopy' Hawks (uncredited)
Marilyn Kaye ... Jitterbug (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Train Conductor (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel ... Johnson, Van Ormans' Butler (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser ... Les Hanson (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Rosalie Roy ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Husband of Scott's Old Girlfried (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ... Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Shayne ... Hank Hawks (uncredited)
Alan Ward ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bruce Warren ... Man in bar (uncredited)
Dick Winslow ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Clare Jaynes  novel "Instruct My Sorrows"
Catherine Turney  writer

Produced by
Henry Blanke .... producer
Jack L. Warner .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Max Steiner 
 
Cinematography by
James Wong Howe 
 
Film Editing by
David Weisbart 
 
Art Direction by
Anton Grot 
 
Set Decoration by
George James Hopkins 
 
Costume Design by
Leah Rhodes 
 
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jesse Hibbs .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Everett A. Brown .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Roy Davidson .... special effects
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head .... costumes: Barbara Stanwyck
 
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein .... musical director
 
Other crew
Jack Gage .... dialogue director
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Trivia:
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 21, 1947 with Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent reprising their film roles. more
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13 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Satisfying High-Class Weepie, 25 June 2000
Author: Robert Keser (rfkeser@ix.netcom.com) from Chicago, IL



An ideal script for Douglas Sirk, charting the emotional liberation of a widow, but filmed without Douglas Sirk. Instead, Curtis Bernhardt commands a lush postwar production: the $5000 limits on set construction were lifted, and it shows. Extras crowd the screen, even in modest scenes, plus James Wong Howe contributes rich low-key lighting, Max Steiner produces an expressive [if undistinctive] score, and Edith Head whips up tasteful costumes. Bernhardt works best in the big scenes, but misjudges some of the lighter moments and cannot light a fire under his leading man, George Brent at his most stolid. Still, there's much to enjoy here: thoughtful dialogue, the stylized upper-crust social milieu, and expert performances, including an unusually sensitive one from Barbara Stanwyck. However, that slight [but crucial] ironic distance of Sirk is sorely missed.

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