My Foolish Heart (film)

My Foolish Heart is a 1949 American film which tells the story of a womans reflections on the bad turns her life has taken. The film was directed by Mark Robson and stars Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward.

After being disappointed, according to biographer Ian Hamilton, when rumblings from Hollywood over his 1943 short story The Varioni Brothers came to nothing, J. D. Salinger did not hesitate when independent producer Samuel Goldwyn offered to buy the film rights to Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut. His agent Dorothy Olding later explained this uncharacteristic relinquishing of control with the simple statement that we thought they would make a good movie.Indeed, a good movie would seem to have been implied by the productions pedigree, which included Oscarwinning actress Teresa Wright and Casablanca screenwriters Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. Some years earlier, Salinger had actually referenced Casablanca in his 1944 short story Both Parties Concerned one of its characters, upon learning his wife has left him, reenacts the Play it, Sam scene from the film with an imaginary pianist. However, the eventual film, renamed My Foolish Heart and with Susan Hayward replacing Wright at the last minute, was critically lambasted upon its release. ........

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