Dear Ruth

Dear Ruth (1947)

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  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1947-06-10
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William D. Russell
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Summary

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to both Ruth and Bill, Ruth's younger sister, Miriam, has been writing the letters and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has just gotten engaged to a coworker, she agrees to see Bill and pretend she wrote the letters.

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  • Joan Caulfield

    as Ruth Wilkins
  • William Holden

    as Lt. William Seacroft
  • Mona Freeman

    as Miriam Wilkins
  • Edward Arnold

    as Judge Harry Wilkins
  • Billy De Wolfe

    as Albert Kummer
  • Mary Philips

    as Mrs. Edie Wilkins
  • Virginia Welles

    as Martha Seacroft
  • Marietta Canty

    as Dora
  • Irving Bacon

    as Delivery Man
  • Kevin O'Morrison

    as Sgt. Chuck Vincent
  • Isabel Randolph

    as Mrs. Teaker
Writing Arthur Sheekman Screenplay
Writing Norman Krasna Theatre Play
Directing William D. Russell Director
Sound Robert Emmett Dolan Original Music Composer
Camera Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography
Production Paul Jones Producer
Editing Archie Marshek Editor
Art A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction
Art Sam Comer Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Art Sydney Moore Set Decoration
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction

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