I Love a Soldier

I Love a Soldier is a 1944 American drama film directed by Mark Sandrich and written by Allan Scott. The film stars Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts, Beulah Bondi, Walter Sande, Mary Treen and Ann Doran. The film was released on August 15, 1944, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]

I Love a Soldier
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Written by	Allan Scott
Produced by	Mark Sandrich
Starring	Paulette Goddard Sonny Tufts Beulah Bondi Walter Sande Mary Treen Ann Doran
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by	Robert Emmett Dolan
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 15, 1944 (1944-08-15)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Paulette Goddard as Evelyn Connors
• Sonny Tufts as Dan Kilgore
• Beulah Bondi as Etta Lane
• Walter Sande as Sgt. Lionel 'Stiff' Banks
• Mary Treen as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
• Ann Doran as Jenny Butler
• Marie McDonald as Gracie
• James Bell as Williams
• Barry Fitzgerald as Murphy

Reception

T.M.P. of The New York Times said, "To the wheel of life has been given a full, mad twirl in I Love a Soldier, which took up residence yesterday at the Paramount. And since life seldom moves along on a plane, maybe it would have been expecting too much for this particular film to maintain a perfect level. But the ups and downs and the fancy curves which the story takes in discussing the problem of war marriages neither makes for an arresting entertainment nor does it help to clarify a question that is of vital importance right now to a good many young people. Apparently both Mark Sandrich, the producer-director, and Allan Scott, the author, weren't quite sure either just how the subject should be treated, for they tackle it, by turns, in dead seriousness and with broad comic strokes."^[2]