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Dear Ruth is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe and Edward Arnold. It was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. The film's plot concerns a teenage girl who uses her older sister's identity to communicate with a soldier pen pal.
A soldier falls in love with a pen pal he has never met, but his fiancée's sister is the one who wrote the letters. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read user and critic reviews of this classic romantic comedy.
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- Comedy, Romance
- William D. Russell
- 1947-06-10
A comedy film based on a play about a soldier who falls in love with a woman he met through letters. Find out the cast, crew, synopsis, and trivia of this classic romance.
- William D. Russell, Oscar Rudolph
- Joan Caulfield
Overview. 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.
A comedy about a soldier who comes to marry his pen pal, but finds out she is not who he thinks she is. His fiancée is her sister, who used her picture and name to boost morale during the war.
Directed by William D. Russell. From Broadway… To Chicago… To Los Angeles… Ten Million People Roared At The Play. Now YOU can see the funniest stage hit in years! Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding.
Lt. William Seacroft (William Holden), on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins (Joan Caulfield), with whom he has been corresponding.
- Comedy
