My Foolish Heart

1949

Action / Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1531 1.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

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Mark Robson

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Max Linder as Football Game Spectator
Kent Smith Photo
Kent Smith as Lew Wengler
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Todd Karns as Her escort
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Phyllis Coates as College Girl on Phone
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Now there is one slight problem we have

Now there is one slight problem we have to be prepared to overlook with this movie. Both stars are just way too attractive to have ever, plausibly, been in the scenario we are about to see. Forget that for a hour or so and what we have is well worth a watch. Susan Hayward is really good in this wartime melodrama as the now rather drunken "Eloise", stuck in an unhappy marriage. After one such binge with old school friend "Mary Jane" (Doris Wheeler) she falls asleep and her dream takes her back to happier times with "Walt" (Dana Andrews). This somnial retrospective explains to us quite how she has got herself into her current predicament; how she met (and lost) her beau, her best friend, got married, had a daughter etc. Dana Andrews is that handsome WWII naval officer who, along with some of his pals, crashes a party where he meets the younger "Eloise". They date for a while but her mother (Jessica Royce-Landers) is not keen and when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour, everyone's life is turned upside down... Now, the way the story is being told to us reveals from the start that this is not a film with an happy ending, so we ought not to expect a complex plot - this is a love story that epitomises so many a young couple brought together and driven asunder by war. Hayward plays her character powerfully. Sometimes playful and mischievous, sometimes angry and frustrated - but always with conviction and that is what draws, and keeps, our attention. Andrews is fine, he does his job well enough but his character doesn't have anything like as much to work with as the star, and in this film Hayward is most certainly that. It has a few potent scenes with Brian Keith - her dad "Henry", and there is, of course, that beautiful Victor Young/Ned Washington title song that though maybe repeated just once or twice too often (usually in instrumental refrain) is icing on the cake for this superior story of how one gets onto the slippery slope.
Reviewed by tomsview 8 / 10

A Broken heart

"My Foolish Heart" is far better than the critics acknowledged in 1949, and offers something else that wouldn't have been apparent when first released.Films made during and just after WW2 give us an insight into what people experienced at the time in a unique way. Although we have plenty of documentaries that show what happened, the movies are more personal, and work on a different emotional level - we identify with the stars and through them a window is opened on the past.When an old friend, Mary Jane (Lois Wheeler), visits Eloise Winters, played by Susan Haywood, she reflects on the events that led to her present unhappiness. Years earlier, Eloise was engaged to Lewis Wengler (Kent Smith). Although he was in love with her, she sought something he couldn't provide. At a dance, she meets Walt Dreiser played by Dana Andrews with whom she has immediate chemistry. They fall in love, but the war intervenes and changes their lives.Maybe the stars were a bit too old for their parts, but their performances easily made up for it. Susan Haywood's career was studded with great performances, but she tapped an inner truth in this film. Dana Andrews was not a particularly animated actor, but when the role suited his rather controlled persona, as this one does, he was perfect."My Foolish Heart" has a number of strands. Mary Jane is Eloise's friend, and saves her from committing a hurtful act, but their relationship is complex. Eloise's relationship with her parents also seems a little strained, especially with her mother, but it is strengthened by the arrival of Walt, although it doesn't appear that way at first. Kent Smith's character ends up with the woman he loves, but it's definitely a case of be careful what you wish for.The film shows that death in war can occur quite randomly - simply by accident. However, the victims are killed by the war just as surely as if their plane had been shot down over Germany or their ship torpedoed in the South Pacific.Eloise is also a casualty of the war.Although critics at the time dismissed this as just another "weepie", and even the director, Mark Robson, disowned the film, it was a box office success. It goes to show that the public saw more in it than the critics, and artists aren't necessarily the best judges of their own work."My Foolish Heart" has an unusual love story and is an insightful look at how the loss of a loved one can affect the rest of a person's life; after WW2, I think plenty of people would have identified with Eloise.
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