My Foolish Heart (1949) on DVD

DESCRIPTION:

A suspenseful; romantic drama of a woman’s past and how it affects her daughter; her husband; her best friend and their futures is depicted with a deep understanding in this picture of a woman who has deceived herself and her husband; Susan Hayward makes the film a tour de force in the role of an impetuous girl who becomes pregnant; then marries her best friend’s fiancé in order to hide the truth of a previous illicit romance with another man; Dana Andrews and Hayward are the young couple precipitated into the love affair by the exigencies of war time; Kent Smith is seen as the husband who has been deceived but ultimately is freed to renew his life with the woman he loves; Gigi Perreau portrays the love child; This appealing love story of foolish hearts and of a spiteful; hasty marriage is a fascinatingly entertaining picture of truth and hope;