My Foolish Heart (1949)

Regisseur:

Mark Robson

Drehbuchautoren:

Julius J. Epstein (writer)
Philip G. Epstein (writer)

Premierendatum:

4. August 1950 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise...

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Nutzerkommentare:

My Foolish Heart- Susan Hayward Triumphs Again ****

Besetzung

Dana Andrews	...	Walt Dreiser
Susan Hayward	...	Eloise Winters
Kent Smith	...	Lewis H. Wengler
Lois Wheeler	...	Mary Jane
Jessie Royce Landis	...	Martha Winters
Robert Keith	...	Henry Winters
Gigi Perreau	...	Ramona
Karin Booth	...	Miriam Ball
Todd Karns	...	Her Escort (as Tod Karns)
Phillip Pine	...	Sergeant Lucey
Martha Mears	...	Nightclub Singer
Edna Holland	...	Dean Whiting
Jerry Paris	...	Usher at Football Game
Marietta Canty	...	Grace
Barbara Woodell	...	Red Cross receptionist

Alternativ:

Angst vor der Schande (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Mein dummes Herz (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

98 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Firma:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Dies und das:

J.D. Salinger so despised this adaptation of his short story "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" that he never again allowed any of his work to be adapted to film.

Dialogzitate:

Eloise Winters: [referring to Walt's apartment] This room has a split personality. This half is so clean and... this half is so... it must have taken years to accumulate this mess.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in Polyester (1981)

Soundtrack:

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart- Susan Hayward Triumphs Again ****

When I saw Susan Hayward in "My Foolish Heart," I immediately thought back to her other successes "With A Song in My Heart," and "I'll Cry Tomorrow." There are so many similarities in her acting, especially at the beginning of Foolish Heart. She even brushed her hair the same way as in "Tomorrow."

As always, Susan Hayward got the role of the troubled woman. She evokes such sympathy in this particular role as Eloise, a woman who recounts a tragic love affair at the start of World War 11.

Dana Andrews, a very fine actor, is perfect for the part of her ill-fated lover.

Special acting kudos should also go to Robert Keith for his portrayal of her understanding father. Keith was quite a good actor. He really was in top-notch films. Besides this gem, he was Barney Loomas in "Love Me or Leave Me" and the doomed father to Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone in "Written on the Wind."

Notice that the term pregnancy is not used in the film. I guess that in 1949 we didn't talk of women being pregnant while not being married.

Unfortunately, this movie would probably be regarded as corny today but 1949 was such a different world in movie history.