The Very Thought of You (film)

The Very Thought of You
Directed by	Delmer Daves
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Screenplay by	Alvah Bessie Delmer Daves
Based on	an original story by Lionel Wiggam
Starring	Dennis Morgan Eleanor Parker Dane Clark
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	Alan Crosland Jr.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	October 20, 1944 (1944-10-20)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

For the 1998 British romantic comedy, see Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence.

The Very Thought of You is a 1944 romantic drama film starring Dennis Morgan and Eleanor Parker. In World War II, an American soldier on a short leave falls in love with and marries a woman.

Plot

Away for a year and a half serving their country, Army Sergeants Dave (Dennis Morgan) and "Fixit" (Dane Clark) spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, also visiting Dave's alma mater, Caltech.

They meet two young women who work in a parachute factory. Cora (Faye Emerson) quickly catches Fixit's eye, while Janet (Eleanor Parker) remembers Dave from school days. Upon realizing that Dave has no family nearby, Janet invites him home for Thanksgiving dinner.

Her family does not treat him kindly. Janet's mother does not approve of getting involved with a military man who's away all the time. One reason for that is Janet's sister Molly (Andrea King), who is married to a sailor but seeing other men behind his back. Janet's brother, classified 4-F, is rude to Dave as well. Only her father makes their dinner guest feel welcome.

After a day at Mount Wilson runs long and causes them to be late getting Janet back home, but the couple can't bear to part, so Janet and Dave proceed to Cora's apartment and fall asleep. It is 3 a.m. when he takes her home, where Janet's mother slaps her. Dave must report for duty in San Diego, but is in love and marries Janet, enjoying a brief honeymoon. Molly disapproves and intercepts Dave's letters to Janet. Janet decides to move out and live in Cora's apartment.

But when news comes that Dave and Fixit have been wounded in the war, everyone in Janet's family finally relents. Molly even begs husband Fred (William Prince) for forgiveness and they reconcile. It takes months more, but Dave finally returns to rejoin his wife and meet their new baby boy.

Cast

Dennis Morgan as Sergeant David Stewart
Eleanor Parker as Janet Wheeler
Dane Clark as Sergeant "Fixit" Gilman
Faye Emerson as Cora Colton
Beulah Bondi as Harriet Wheeler
Henry Travers as Pop Wheeler
William Prince as Fred
Andrea King as Molly Wheeler
John Alvin as Cal Wheeler
Marianne O'Brien as Bernice
Georgia Lee Settle as Ellie Wheeler
Richard Erdman as Soda Jerk

References

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Films directed by Delmer Daves

Destination Tokyo (1943)
The Very Thought of You (1944)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Pride of the Marines (1945)
The Red House (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
To the Victor (1948)
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
Task Force (1949)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Return of the Texan (1952)
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Never Let Me Go (1953)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Drum Beat (1954)
Jubal (1956)
The Last Wagon (1956)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Cowboy (1958)
Kings Go Forth (1958)
The Badlanders (1958)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
A Summer Place (1959)
Parrish (1961)
Susan Slade (1961)
Rome Adventure (1962)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)

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