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The Impatient Years (1944)

Directed by Irving Cummings

Janie and Andy Anderson were newlyweds during Andy’s military service. Since Andy’s return, the two feel estranged—despite their new baby—and seek a divorce. Ordered instead by the judge to retrace the steps of their courtship, they re-discover and re-kindle their original spark, despite misunderstandings along the way. Approaching the somewhat far-fetched premise with aplomb, Arthur infuses her disaffected character with a sense of hope.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Irving Cummings. Screenwriter: Virginia Van Upp. Cinematographer: Joseph Walker. Editor: Al Clark. Cast: Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan, Charley Grapewin.

35mm, b/w, 91 min.