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Dear Ruth is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe and Edward Arnold. It was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. The film's plot concerns a teenage girl who uses her older sister's identity to communicate with a soldier pen pal.
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Dear Ruth: Directed by William D. Russell. With Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold. A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail.
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- Comedy, Romance
- William D. Russell
- 1947-06-10
A bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Lt. William Seacroft has flown from Italy on a two-day leave to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. He pops in on the Wilkins family. But he's a surprise to Ruth's parents, and to Ruth (who just said "Yes!" to wed her childhood sweetheart, Albert).
Dear Ruth is a successful 1944 Broadway play written by Norman Krasna. It ran for 680 performances. History. Krasna wrote a serious play, The Man with Blond Hair, which received a tepid response.
Dear Ruth A normal day in the Wilkins family: reticent beauty Ruth, crusty judge father, petition-happy political activist teen Miriam. Who should show up but Ruth's soldier pen pal Bill Seacroft...whom she doesn't know about.
- William D. Russell, Oscar Rudolph
- Joan Caulfield
Dear Ruth. Lt. William Seacroft (William Holden), on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins (Joan Caulfield), with whom he has been corresponding.
- Comedy
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