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Polyphiloprogenitive. The war only slightly disrupted Eliot's ordered and somewhat lonely life. His wife, who had been in a nursing home since 1930, died three years ago. Since the war, Eliot has shared a flat in artistic Chelsea with his good friend, Writer-Critic John Hayward (brilliant, witty Hayward, almost completely paralyzed, manages to get about London in a wheelchair). Eliot has the simple but expensive habits of an English gentleman (although English gentlemen usually consider him a typically American gentleman). He dresses well, likes claret and good cheese. As a church warden at St. Stephen...
...great many people are pleased with "My Foolish Heart." Samuel Goldwyn, the producer, is happy: despite adverse reviews, this, his latest product, is making a heap of money. The Academy Award nominating board is happy: the movie's heroine, Susan Hayward, has been nominated for the best actress of the year. The manager of the Astor Theater is happy: not only is his theater well-filled even on afternoons, but his floor is so well-washed with tears that it must need only a dry mop at the end of the day. And, of course, the audience this film...
This unabashedly tearful and trite film is the work of several talented people. It is based on a New Yorker short story entitled "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut." ("Poor, little Uncle Wiggily," says Miss Hayward, speaking of herself, "always trying to be helpful and always getting hurt.") The director is Mark Robson who directed "Champion" and "Home of the Brave." Miss Hayward, as well as Robert Keith, who plays her weary-wise father, are quite satisfactory in their roles. I doubt that Miss Hayward is deserving of an "Oscar" for this film, but as unwed mothers and alcoholies have won over...
After seven years of well-heeled marriage, unhappy Susan Hayward has taken to the bottle and guzzled her way to a crisis. Her husband (Kent Smith) demands a divorce and custody of their little girl. Will Susan tell him that the child is not his? The picture flashes back to a bittersweet wartime romance between Susan, a nice girl from Boise, and an amiable Greenwich Village wolf (Dana Andrews). While she keeps her pregnancy a secret, unwilling to snare Andrews into marriage, he scribbles a voluntary proposal, then dies in an Army training accident. She recovers from the shock...
...Leland Hayward, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr. A newcomer: Mary (South Pacific) Martin...