Claudia and David

{{short description|1946 film by Walter Lang}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Claudia and David

| image = File:Claudia and David.jpg

| caption =

| director = Walter Lang

| producer = William Perlberg

| writer = Frank Davis
Tess Slesinger

| based_on = {{based on|Claudia and David
1940 novel|Rose Franken}}

| screenplay = Rose Franken
William Brown Meloney
Vera Caspary (adaptation)

| narrator =

| starring = Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Mary Astor

| music = Cyril J. Mockridge
David Buttolph

| cinematography = Joseph LaShelle

| editing = Robert L. Simpson

| color_process = Black and white

| studio = 20th Century Fox

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{film date|1946|2|25}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1,650,000{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&q=aubrey+solomon+20th+century+fox&pg=PA212 |title=Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History |author=Aubrey Solomon |year=2002 |page=212 |isbn=9780810842441 |access-date=2016-11-06}}

}}

Claudia and David is a 1946 American comedy drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring.s Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young and Mary Astor.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} 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.

Plot

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71050/claudia-and-david |title=Claudia and David (1946) - Overview |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2016-11-06}}

Cast

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