Sessanta lettere d'amore

Sessanta lettere d'amore (1947)

Dear Ruth

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to both Ruth and Bill, Ruth's younger sister, Miriam, has been writing the letters and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has just gotten engaged to a coworker, she agrees to see Bill and pretend she wrote the letters.

Data di uscita
1947-06-10
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (8)
Durata
1 h 35 min
Generi
Commedia, Romance
Regista
William D. Russell
Collezione
Dear Trilogy

Cast

Curiosità

  • Basato su: Dear Ruth

Dear Ruth is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by William D. Russell, and starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe, and Edward Arnold. It was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna.

Production

Norman Krasna's play Dear Ruth had been hugely popular on Broadway. Film rights were sold to Paramount in February 1945 for a reported $450,000 but with the proviso that a film not be produced until the play had finished a two-year run. The amount was the highest that Paramount had ever paid for a property, exceeding the $283,000 paid for the film rights to Lady in the Dark.

In March 1946, Paramount announced the film as part of its slate for the following year. The husband-and-wife writing team of Albert and Frances Hackett was assigned the script.

The same year in July, Caulfield and William Holden were cast as the leads and Edward Arnold joined the cast. It was Holden's first film since his military duty had ended in November 1945. Filming was set to begin in August with Sidney Lanfield directing and Paul Jones producing. In addition to the Hacketts, Arthur Sheekman had worked on the script.

Lanfield became ill and was replaced by William D. Russell. Mona Freeman had tested for her role several times, but Lanfield did not want her. However, when Russell came on as director, Freeman was added to the cast in August.

Columbia Pictures sued Krasna and the filmmakers for plagiarism, claiming that the story infringed the copyright of "Dear Mr. Private", a story that they intended to film with Lee Bowman. Columbia was unsuccessful, appealed the decision and lost the appeal.

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