The Impatient Years
1944 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love. They return to the coffee counter where they met and, later, their actions and conversations in the hotel where they register in separate rooms arouses the suspicions of the hotel clerk and the old, ubiquitous wartime "bellboy" who set themselves up as Janie's guardian. Janie and Andy go to the license bureau and even go to the same minister, with ...
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Jean Arthur · Lee Bowman · Charles Coburn · Edgar Buchanan · Charley Grapewin · Phil Brown · Harry Davenport · Jane Darwell · Grant Mitchell · Bob Haymes · Charles Arnt · Martin Ashe
Soundtrack Marlin Skiles
Screenplay Virginia Van Upp
Cinematography Joseph Walker
Original title The Impatient Years
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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