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She's a Sweetheart

1944 · 69 min

A gentle, song-filled wartime comfort watch, all warm boarding-house bustle and earnest romance, with just enough heartache to make the reunion sing.

Directed by
Del Lord
Genres
Music
Starring
Jane Frazee, Larry Parks, Jane Darwell
Overview
In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room, board, and musical entertainment.

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Directed by
Del Lord
Genres
Music
Starring
Jane Frazee, Larry Parks, Jane Darwell
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • found family
  • war
  • sexuality
  • healing
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
music
Directed by
Del Lord
Written by
Muriel Roy Bolton
Starring
Jane Frazee, Larry Parks, Jane Darwell, Nina Foch, Ross Hunter, Jimmy Lloyd, Loren Tindall, Carole Mathews
Music
George Duning
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Runtime
69 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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