I'll Be Seeing You [Blu-ray]

Director: William Dieterle William Dieterle

Overview

In this moving romantic drama, Ginger Rogers stars as a woman convicted of manslaughter. She is granted a 10-day furlough for Christmas to visit relatives. Once out, on a train she encounters a shell-shocked vet on leave from the VA psych ward. Together they attempt to have a happy Christmas.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2017
UPC:	0738329225438
Original Release:	1944
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00

Special Features

Audio commentary by film historians Kat Elinger and Samm Deighan; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joseph Cotten	Zachary Morgan
Ginger Rogers	Mary Marshall
Shirley Temple	Barbara Marshall
Spring Byington	Mrs. Marshall
Tom Tully	Mr. Marshall
Chill Wills	Swanson
Dane Harris	Lt. Bruce
Olin Howlin	Hawker
Dorothy Stone	Salesgirl
John James	Paratrooper
Eddie Hall	Charlie Hartman
Joe Haworth	Sailor in Coffee Shop
Jack Carr	Counterman
Bob Meredith	Soldier/Father on Train
Robert Dudley	YMCA Hotel Attendant
Margaret Bert	Mother of Boys
Earl W. Johnson	Dog Owner
Stanley Ridges	Warden
Walter Baldwin	Vendor,Vendor
Dare Harris	Lt. Bruce
Kenny Bowers	Sailor on Train
Gary Gray	Boys Outside Theater
John Derek	Lieutenant Bruce
Daniele Amfitheatrof	Composer

Technical Credits

Marion Parsonnet

William Dieterle	Director
Marion Parsonnet	Screenwriter
Dore Schary	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Some may find I'll Be Seeing You a bit overly sentimental, but it's a melodrama that's pretty darned hard to resist. Admittedly, it's manipulative and is designed to shamelessly tug at those heartstrings, but it's also undeniably effective. It also isn't without restraint; it would have been easy to go much further in the search to wring out tears and to fall into excesses that would have ruined it. Instead, Seeing's director William Dieterle (with an assist from George Cukor) lets things go just so far and no further, pulling back before it topples over the brink. Dieterle is helped enormously by his stars. Ginger Rogers is at first glance rather odd casting. Rogers generally played women who speak their minds and keep nothing back; yet here she is playing a woman with a secret that she doesn't want to share with a man with whom she is falling in love. Yet Rogers is an inspired choice, for the audience can feel how hard it is for her to keep things back, making the character's plight all the more believable. As the object of her growing affection, Joseph Cotten gives a wonderfully modulated performance that finds mountains of meaning in mere gestures. Cotten was always expert at creating an inner life for his characters, and he adds layers here that are especially effective. He also delivers his big set piece "war memory" sequence beautifully. An adolescent Shirley Temple provides lively comic relief and Spring Byington is her usual warm and lovable self. I'll Be Seeing You may be a bit too much for those who insist on total realism, but others will be drawn in by its considerable charms -- and its power.