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Miss Susie Slagle's 
Directed by John Berry Produced by John Houseman Written by Hugo Butler
Anne Froelich
Adrian Scott
Theodore StraussStory by Augusta Tucker (Novel) Starring Veronica Lake
Sonny Tufts
Lillian GishMusic by Daniele Amfitheatrof Cinematography Charles Lang Editing by Archie Marshek Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) 6 February 1946 Running time 88 minutes Country 
USALanguage English Miss Susie Slagle's is a 1946 film directed by John Berry. It was based on the popular novel by Augusta Tucker. The film was Berry's directorial debut and first starring role for Joan Caulfield.[1]
Contents
Plot
A nursing student falls in love with a young medical intern in 1910 Baltimore, but their lives start to fall apart when he catches a deadly disease.
Principal cast
Actor Role Veronica Lake Nan Rogers Sonny Tufts Pug Prentiss Joan Caulfield Margaretta Howe Lillian Gish Miss Susie Slagle Lloyd Bridges Silas Holmes Bill Edwards Elijah Howe, Jr. Billy De Wolfe Ben Mead Critical reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times thought the film was flawed but decent:
“ One would refrain from recommending Miss Susie Slagle's as a fine drama of medical school. But it is a cheerful, nostalgic and personally engaging little picture of fabricated life.[2] ” References
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Miss Susie Slagle's > Overview". AllMovie. http://allmovie.com/work/miss-susie-slagles-127480. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ "Original ''New York Times'' review". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9503EEDD163FEE3ABC4F53DFB466838D659EDE. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
External links
- Miss Susie Slagle's at the Internet Movie Database
- Miss Susie Slagle's at AllRovi
Films directed by John Berry 1940s Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) · From This Day Forward (1946) · Cross My Heart (1946) · Casbah (1948) · Tension (1949)1950s The Hollywood Ten (1950) · Atoll K (1951) · He Ran All the Way (1951) · C'est arrivé à Paris (1952) · Ça va barder (1955) · Je suis un sentimental (1955) · Don Juan (1956) · Tamango (1958) · Oh! Qué mambo (1959)1960s-1970s Maya (1966) · À tout casser (1968) · Claudine (1974) · Thieves (1977) · The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)1980s-2000s Categories:- English-language films
- 1946 films
- Directorial debut films
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films set in Baltimore, Maryland
- Paramount Pictures films
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