Gotta love some Ginger Rogers.
I’m not totally sure why I got this, but it’s probably part of the Hazel Flagg collection.
This is a pretty unusual drama — it’s so full on, in a way. Ginger Rogers has been in prison for years, but is apparently out on a week’s release or something. And I don’t know what Cotten’s deal is, but he’s probably suffering from PTDQ from the war — nothing’s explained, really.
So it’s very ponderous from the start, and sad, but also mysterious.
Oh, is that Shirley Temple? I think I’ve only seen her in 30s movies…
Heh:
Unsatisfied with Dieterle’s direction of actress Shirley Temple during her confession regarding Mary’s prison record, producer David O. Selznick hired George Cukor to undertake a reshoot of the scene after principal photography was completed.
I really enjoyed this movie. This is one of those li’l forgotten pearls — I can understand why that’s happened (a movie from 1944 where the protagonists are a shell-shocked soldier and a woman serving a six year sentence), but it’s just such a solid movie. The performances are really good, and the plot is moving, and… it’s just a super duper solid movie. And:
The film was a box office hit, earning $3 million in domestic rentals.
I’ll Be Seeing You. William Dieterle. 1944. ⚄
