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My Foolish Heart

1950 · 98 min

A bittersweet, reflective melodrama that unfolds through memory, steeped in regret and lost love, with a quiet emotional pull.

Tagline: Some men can say more with a touch than others with a fierce embrace!
Overview: After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
memory
family
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Mark Robson
Written by: Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein
Starring: Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Lois Wheeler, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Gigi Perreau, Karin Booth
Music: Victor Young
Cinematography: Lee Garmes
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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