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The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Virginia Van Upp
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; M. W. Stoloff
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 14, 1944;
Running time	91 min.
Country	U.S.
Language	English
Budget	$600,000 (estimated)

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The Impatient Years is a 1944 romance film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Virginia Van Upp.

This was the final film Jean Arthur owed Columbia as part of her long contract which included periods of fights with studio boss Harry Cohn and resulted in a number of suspensions. Arthur was known to be thrilled her contract was over.

Plot

Andy (Lee Bowman) and Janie (Jean Arthur) Anderson are seated on opposite sides of a court room filing for a divorce. As the judge is about to render his verdict, Janie's father (Charles Coburn) 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
Bob Haymes as Singer

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

The Impatient Years at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Impatient Years at IMDb
The Impatient Years at AllMovie
The Impatient Years at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
The Impatient Years at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Dave Kehr (November 11, 2011). "Sweetness With Spine". The New York Times.

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 {{Infobox film
-|name=The Impatient Years
+| name           = The Impatient Years
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+| image          = The Impatient Years poster.jpg
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+| writer         = [[Virginia Van Upp]]
-|country=U.S.
+| screenplay     =
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+| based_on       =
-|released=September 10, 1944
-|producer=Irving Cummings <br> Virginia Van Upp (associate producer)
+| producer       = Irving Cummings<br>Virginia Van Upp (associate producer)
+| starring       = [[Jean Arthur]]<br>[[Lee Bowman]]<br>[[Charles Coburn]]<br>[[Edgar Buchanan]]<br>[[Charley Grapewin]]
-|music =Marlin Skiles
-|cinematography = Joseph Walker
+| cinematography = [[Joseph Walker (cinematographer)|Joseph Walker]]
-|editing =Al Clark
+| editing        = [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
+| music          = Marlin Skiles<br>M. W. Stoloff
-|runtime=91 min.
+| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
+| released       = {{Film date|1944|9|14}}
+| runtime        = 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]].
+This was the final film Jean Arthur owed Columbia as part of her long contract which included periods of fights with studio boss [[Harry Cohn]] and resulted in a number of suspensions.  Arthur was known to be thrilled her contract was over.
 ==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.
+Andy ([[Lee Bowman]]) and Janie ([[Jean Arthur]]) Anderson are seated on opposite sides of a court room filing for a divorce. As the judge is about to render his verdict, Janie's father ([[Charles Coburn]]) 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
+* [[Jean Arthur]] as Janie Anderson
-*[[Lee Bowman]] as  Andy Anderson
+* [[Lee Bowman]] as Andy Anderson
-*[[Charles Coburn]] as  William Smith
+* [[Charles Coburn]] as William Smith
-*[[Edgar Buchanan]] as  Judge
+* [[Edgar Buchanan]] as Judge
-*[[Charley Grapewin]] as  Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy
+* [[Charley Grapewin]] as Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy
-*[[Phil Brown (actor)|Phil Brown]] as  Henry Fairchild
+* [[Phil Brown (actor)|Phil Brown]] as Henry Fairchild
-*[[Harry Davenport (actor)|Harry Davenport]] as  Minister
+* [[Harry Davenport (actor)|Harry Davenport]] as Minister
-*[[Jane Darwell]] as  Minister's Wife
+* [[Jane Darwell]] as Minister's Wife
-*[[Grant Mitchell (actor)|Grant Mitchell]] as  Hotel Clerk
+* [[Grant Mitchell (actor)|Grant Mitchell]] as Hotel Clerk
+* [[Bob Haymes]] as Singer
+==Home media==
+The film is available on DVD as part of the Jean Arthur Comedy Collection, released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sweetness With Spine |author=Dave Kehr |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 11, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/movies/homevideo/new-on-dvd-jean-arthur-comedy-collection.html}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
+* {{AFI film|903|The Impatient Years}}
-*{{imdb title|0036950}}
-*{{Amg title|1:96339}}
+* {{IMDb title|0036950}}
-*{{bfidb title|37470}}
+* {{amg title|96339}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220804022757/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad071b9 ''The Impatient Years''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
+* {{tcmdb title|id=79045}}
 {{Irving Cummings}}
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 [[Category:American romantic comedy films]]
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