I’ll Be Seeing You

film by Dieterle [1944]

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The film I'll Be Seeing You, directed by William Dieterle, was released in 1944. It stars Ginger Rogers as a woman convicted of manslaughter who is on furlough for the holidays. During this time, she falls in love with a shell-shocked soldier, played by Joseph Cotten. Dieterle was a German-born filmmaker known for a variety of movies, including acclaimed biopics.1

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William Dieterle
Middle years of William Dieterle
Selznick, for whom he directed I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), starring Ginger Rogers as a woman convicted of manslaughter who, while on furlough during the holidays, falls in love with a shell-shocked soldier (Joseph Cotten). Love Letters (1945) was another glossy Selznick melodrama, with Jennifer Jones as an
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Selznick, for whom he directed I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), starring Ginger Rogers as a woman convicted of manslaughter who, while on furlough during the holidays, falls in love with a shell-shocked soldier (Joseph Cotten). Love Letters (1945) was another glossy Selznick melodrama, with Jennifer Jones as an
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Joseph Cotten
…included a shell-shocked veteran in I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), a serious Scotland Yard detective in Gaslight (1944), and the steady friend of a soldier’s wife in Since You Went Away (1944). In Love Letters (1945), he was cast as a sensitive and literate soldier. Also notable were Duel in…
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…included a shell-shocked veteran in I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), a serious Scotland Yard detective in Gaslight (1944), and the steady friend of a soldier’s wife in Since You Went Away (1944). In Love Letters (1945), he was cast as a sensitive and literate soldier. Also notable were Duel in…
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