Old Acquaintance
Old Acquaintance is a 1943 American drama film released by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay by John Van Druten, Lenore Coffee and Edmund Goulding was based on Van Druten's 1940 play of the same title.
Plot
In 1924, newly successful author Kit Marlowe returns to her hometown to speak, as part of a lecture tour, and to visit her dear childhood friend Millie. The friends have formed distinctly opposite personalities: Kit is witty, perceptive, wry and calmer, while Millie is intense, self-involved and histrionic. Millie has married Preston Drake and is pregnant, and she surprises Kit when she discloses she has also written a book, a romance novel. Millie asks Kit to present her book to her publisher. Upon their meeting, Preston appears to be impressed by Kit Marlowe.
More details
| author | Edmund Goulding John Van Druten Lenore J. Coffee |
|---|---|
| director | Vincent Sherman |
| editor | Terry O. Morse |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | american red cross drink engage fall jezebel married meet morning only child open orphan radio show radio station red cross reject shop string successful author world war |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman |
| producer | Henry Blanke |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | female buddy |