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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.
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
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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
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.
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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From Broadway... To Chicago... To Los Angeles... Ten Million People Roared At The Play. Now YOU can see the funniest stage hit in years! Overview. Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding.
