I Love a Soldier (1944) DVD-R

Starring Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts, Beulah Bondi, Walter Sande, Ann
Doran
Directed by Mark Sandrich

Print: black/white
Runtime: 106 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Paulette Goddard and Sonny Tufts, two of the stars of director Mark
Sandrich's wartime morale-booster So Proudly We Hail, were reunited in
Sandrich's I Love a Soldiers. Looking gorgeous in bib overalls, Goddard
plays defense-plant welder Eva Morgan, who avoids romance but gives
generously of her time at the local GI canteen. One evening, soldier Dan
Kilgore (Sonny Tufts) saunters into the canteen; Eva takes one look at the
handsome hunk, and it's love at first sight, despite her vow to steer clear
of romantic entanglements. Upon learning that Dan is already married,
however, Eva bitterly breaks off the relationship. She is drawn back to
him when he insists he's about to get a divorce, but renounces him
again-not because she doesn't believe his divorce story, but because
she feels that he'd be more valuable on the battlefield if he could only get
his mind off women. Boy, is this a period piece! Outside of its stars, I Love
a Soldier affords excellent acting opportunities for a number of character
actresses, especially Mary Treen in a role specifically written for her.