The Impatient Years
Appearance
The Impatient Years | |
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Directed by | Irving Cummings |
Produced by | Irving Cummings Virginia Van Upp (associate producer) |
Starring | Jean Arthur Lee Bowman Charles Coburn Edgar Buchanan Charley Grapewin |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Edited by | Al Clark |
Music by | Marlin Skiles |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | September 10, 1944 |
Running time | 91 min. |
Country | U.S. |
Language | English |
Budget | $600,000 (estimated) |
The Impatient Years is a 1944 romance film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Virginia Van Upp.
Plot
The film starts with Andy and Janie Anderson seated on opposite sides of a court room filing for a divorce. As the judge is about to render his verdict, Janie's father makes a suggestion. In an attempt to save the marriage, William suggests that the couple return to San Francisco (where they met a year and a half ago) for four days and retrace all of their steps to include getting married.
Cast
- Jean Arthur as Janie Anderson
- Lee Bowman as Andy Anderson
- Charles Coburn as William Smith
- Edgar Buchanan as Judge
- Charley Grapewin as Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy
- Phil Brown as Henry Fairchild
- Harry Davenport as Minister
- Jane Darwell as Minister's Wife
- Grant Mitchell as Hotel Clerk
Home media
The film is available on DVD as part of the Jean Arthur Comedy Collection, released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[1]
References
- ^ Dave Kehr (November 11, 2011). "Sweetness With Spine". The New York Times.
External links
Categories:
- 1944 films
- 1940s romantic comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Irving Cummings
- Films set in San Francisco, California
- Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Films set on the home front during World War II
- Romantic comedy film stubs