ILL BE SEEING YOU (DVD/P&S/1944/ENG-FR-SP-SUB) DVD

I'll Be Seeing You
Ginger Rogers gives a dramatic performance in this moving Romantic drama in which a woman named Mary Marshall, who was convicted of manslaughter (she defended herself when her lecherous boss attempted to rape her and she accidentally killed him), is granted a ten-day furlough for Christmas to visit relatives. Once out, she encounters a shell-shocked vet (Joseph Cotten) on leave from the VA psych ward on a train. The unstable vet has been allowed out by his doctors to see if he is ready to function in normal society. At first, the vet is nervous around Mary, but something clicks and she invites him to stay at her house during their respective breaks. Together they attempt to have a happy Christmas while dealing with the vet's problems. At first Mary keeps her own past and troubles to herself, but as they begin falling in love, she decides to tell him the whole story. In this way, the two reconcile their pasts and move closer toward forming a relationship. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast Ginger Rogers as Mary Marshall Joseph Cotten as Zachary Morgan Shirley Temple as Barbara Marshall Spring Byington as Mrs. Marshall Tom Tully as Mr. Marshall Chill Wills as Swanson Dare Harris as Lt. Bruce Kenny Bowers as Sailor on Train

Crew Mark-Lee Kirk - Art Director Edith Head - Costume Designer Lowell J. Farrell - First Assistant Director William Dieterle - Director George Cukor - Director William H. Ziegler - Editor Daniele Amfitheatrof - Composer (Music Score) Sammy Fain - Songwriter Irving Kahal - Songwriter Tony Gaudio - Cinematographer Dore Schary - Producer Emile Kuri - Set Designer Earl B. Wooden - Set Designer Charles Martin - Screen Story Marion Parsonnet - Screenwriter

I'll Be Seeing You
Some may find I'll Be Seeing You a bit overly sentimental, but it's a melodrama that's pretty darned hard to resist. Admittedly, it's manipulative and is designed to shamelessly tug at those heartstrings, but it's also undeniably effective. It also isn't without restraint; it would have been easy to go much further in the search to wring out tears and to fall into excesses that would have ruined it. Instead, Seeing's director William Dieterle (with an assist from George Cukor) lets things go just so far and no further, pulling back before it topples over the brink. Dieterle is helped enormously by his stars. Ginger Rogers is at first glance rather odd casting. Rogers generally played women who speak their minds and keep nothing back; yet here she is playing a woman with a secret that she doesn't want to share with a man with whom she is falling in love. Yet Rogers is an inspired choice, for the audience can feel how hard it is for her to keep things back, making the character's plight all the more believable. As the object of her growing affection, Joseph Cotten gives a wonderfully modulated performance that finds mountains of meaning in mere gestures. Cotten was always expert at creating an inner life for his characters, and he adds layers here that are especially effective. He also delivers his big set piece "war memory" sequence beautifully. An adolescent Shirley Temple provides lively comic relief and Spring Byington is her usual warm and lovable self. I'll Be Seeing You may be a bit too much for those who insist on total realism, but others will be drawn in by its considerable charms -- and its power. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 85 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title/Shy Soldier [8:51] 2. Mentally Wounded [2:22] 3. "Welcome Home" [4:32] 4. Dreams Change [4:42] 5. The Dinner Guest [5:14] 6. Troubling First Date [5:41] 7. True Confessions [5:26] 8. Explaining Himself [6:37] 9. Merry Christmas [7:21] 10. New Year's Celebration [12:58] 11. Scary Attack [5:50] 12. "Hold On, Zack" [5:13] 13. Barbara Spills the Beans [3:15] 14. An Awkward Farewell [1:25] 15. "Please Forgive Me" [3:12] 16. Aiming at a Future [2:23]