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My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

6,6 /10 (19 Votes)
1950 EN 98 min

Overview

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.

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Release date

19/01/1950

Votes

19

Popularity

1.4

Some men can say more with a touch than others with a fierce embrace!

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

98 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-09

⭐ 7

Now there is one slight problem we have to be prepared to overlook with this movie. Both stars are just way too attractive to have ever, plausibly, been in the scenario we are about to see. Forget that for a hour or so and what we have is well worth a watch. Susan Hayward is really good in this wartime melodrama as the now rather drunken "Eloise", stuck in an unhappy marriage. After one such binge with old school friend "Mary Jane" (Doris Wheeler) she falls asleep and her dream takes her back to happier times with "Walt" (Dana Andrews). This somnial retrospective explains to us quite how she h…

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