The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years is a 1944 romance film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Virginia Van Upp
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | Irving Cummings Virginia Van Upp (associate producer) |
| Written by | Virginia Van Upp |
| Starring | Jean Arthur Lee Bowman Charles Coburn Edgar Buchanan Charley Grapewin |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles M. W. Stoloff |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000 (estimated) |
(This was the final film Jean Arthur owed Columbia as part of her long contract which included periods of fights with studio boss Harry Cohn and resulted in a number of suspensions. Arthur was known to be thrilled her contract was over.)
Plot
Andy (Lee Bowman) and Janie (Jean Arthur) Anderson are seated on opposite sides of a court room filing for a divorce. As the judge is about to render his verdict, Janie's father (Charles Coburn) makes a suggestion. In an attempt to save the marriage, William suggests that the couple return to San Francisco (where they met a year and a half ago) for four days and retrace all of their steps to include getting married.
Cast
- Jean Arthur as Janie Anderson
- Lee Bowman as Andy Anderson
- Charles Coburn as William Smith
- Edgar Buchanan as Judge
- Charley Grapewin as Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy
- Phil Brown as Henry Fairchild
- Harry Davenport as Minister
- Jane Darwell as Minister's Wife
- Grant Mitchell as Hotel Clerk
- Bob Haymes as Singer
Home media
The film is available on DVD as part of the Jean Arthur Comedy Collection, released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[1]
References
- Dave Kehr (November 11, 2011). "Sweetness With Spine". The New York Times.
External links
- The Impatient Years at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Impatient Years at IMDb
- The Impatient Years at AllMovie
- The Impatient Years at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- The Impatient Years at the TCM Movie Database