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Dear Ruth is a 1947 romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, and Edward Arnold. It was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. A teenage girl has a soldier for a pen pal, but uses her older sister's name and photograph. Then the man shows up while on a two-day leave.
There were two sequels: Dear Wife (1947), with all of the principal actors reprising their roles, and Dear Brat (1951), featuring Freeman, Arnold and De Wolfe.
Although it is sometimes mistakenly believed that J. D. Salinger got the name for his character Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye and other works, when he saw a marquee for the film, the first Holden Caulfield story, "I'm Crazy", was published in December 1945, a year and a half before the movie's release.
Original Release
06/10/1947
US Release
06/10/1947
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Caulfield | Ruth Wilkins |
William Holden | Lt. William Seacroft |
Mona Freeman | Miriam Wilkins |
Edward Arnold | Judge Harry Wilkins |
Billy De Wolfe | Albert Kummer |
Mary Philips | Mrs. Edie Wilkins |
Virginia Welles | Martha Seacroft |
Kevin O'Morrison | Sgt. Chuck Vincent |
Marietta Canty | Dora |
Irving Bacon | Delivery Man |
Directors
Writers
Arthur Sheekman, Norman Krasna
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Caulfield | Ruth Wilkins |
William Holden | Lt. William Seacroft |
Mona Freeman | Miriam Wilkins |
Edward Arnold | Judge Harry Wilkins |
Billy De Wolfe | Albert Kummer |
Mary Philips | Mrs. Edie Wilkins |
Virginia Welles | Martha Seacroft |
Kevin O'Morrison | Sgt. Chuck Vincent |
Marietta Canty | Dora |
Irving Bacon | Delivery Man |
James Conaty | Bus Passenger |
Jimmie Dundee | Harold Klobbermeyer |
Jay Gerard | Cab Driver |
Thomas Martin | Nightclub Waiter |
Isabel Randolph | Mrs. Teaker |
Arthur Tovey | Train Commuter |
Ernö Verebes | Headwaiter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Jones | Producer |