Beautiful story about a female convict (Ginger Rogers) and a shell-shocked solider (Joseph Cotton) who meet on a train and, over the course of the next few days, fall in love. It's a sweet, charming, romantic movie that's also very grown-up. These are both adult characters with adult problems and yet the film manages to handle this all very well without cynicism. It's a very rare thing, then and now, to have a romantic drama that is neither too sentimental or too pragmatic. It's a slow and soft film, perhaps too slow for many, but worth giving a try. This is an uncelebrated classic from director William Dieterle with two wonderful stars turning in terrific performances. There's also a teenage Shirley Temple, whose acting is less subtle than the others, but not so much it derails the movie. The seasonal backdrop usually means TCM shows it near Christmas so please check it out if you enjoy old movies and love stories.
Review of I'll Be Seeing You
