Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Name: Three Hearts for Julia
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1943-05-21
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Ann Sothern, Melvyn Douglas, Lee Bowman, Richard Ainley, Felix Bressart

Three Hearts for Julia (1943), directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Ann Sothern and Melvyn Douglas.

05/21/1943 BR Comedy and Romance 1h 30m

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Someone gets burned when there's three on a love-match!

Synopsis

When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.

Richard ThorpeDirector
Lionel HouserScreenplay

About the film

Three Hearts for Julia is a 1943 American romantic comedy film starring Ann Sothern and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the picture was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Three Hearts for Julia is a 1943 American romantic comedy film starring Ann Sothern and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the picture was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

American foreign correspondent Jeff Seabrook's prolonged absences are frustrating his former musician wife Julia so much she has resumed her performing career and is planning a divorce. Jeff hasn't told her he is on his way home. Julia hasn't told him she is leaving him and is already being deeply wooed by both by orchestra manager David Torrance and music critic Philip Barrows.

Jeff's newspaper editor John Girard advises him to act as if his wife’s complaints about him and their relationship are valid, claiming that’s what he does with his own, and it works out fine. Julia tries to concentrate on her music, playing lead violin in an all-female

orchestra created to provide public entertainment in spite of a wartime era manpower shortage. At home, she serves as a den mother to a gaggle of younger women string players who inhabit every bedroom, couch, and day bed in the Seabrooks’ large home.

Both Jeff and John are served divorce papers by their respective wives. Julia’s decree is granted, and Jeff moves out.

Although temporarily off-duty from his job, he is suddenly called up for active military service. He keeps it to himself.

Desperate to reconcile, he drags Julia off to a remote cabin, attempting to compel her to think about her decision and angering her suitors.

His new plan works. The two rivals bicker with one another and reveal unattractive sides to Julia, who takes her patriotic ex-husband back at the last moment before he ships out.

Cast

Ann Sothern as Julia Seabrook

Melvyn Douglas as Jeff Seabrook

Lee Bowman as David Torrance

Richard Ainley as Philip Barrows

Felix Bressart as Anton Ottoway

Marta Linden as May Elton

Reginald Owen as John Girard

Marietta Canty as Mattie

References

External links

Three Hearts for Julia at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Three Hearts for Julia at IMDb

Three Hearts for Julia at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from Three Hearts for Julia on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hearts_for_Julia

Trivia

It premiered on May 21, 1943, a Friday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.