Claudia and David | |
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Directed by | Walter Lang |
Written by | Frank Davis Tess Slesinger |
Screenplay by |
Rose Franken William Brown Meloney Vera Caspary (adaptation) |
Based on | Claudia and David 1940 novel by Rose Franken |
Produced by | William Perlberg |
Starring |
Dorothy McGuire Robert Young Mary Astor |
Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
Music by |
Cyril J. Mockridge David Buttolph |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,650,000 [1] |
Claudia and David is a 1946 American comedy drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring.s Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young and Mary Astor. [2] Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young repeat their roles from the film Claudia (1943). Like its predecessor, Claudia and David was based on a series of short stories by Rose Franken, which also inspired a successful stage play and radio series.
Claudia ( Dorothy McGuire), still charmingly naive and a bit nervous, is struggling with the responsibilities of marriage and parenthood in their rural Connecticut town. Jealousy creeps into the relationship when Elizabeth ( Mary Astor) starts consulting David on a building project, while Claudia is attracting the uninvited attentions of Phil ( John Sutton), who happens to be married. [3]