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 =
}}
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
- Dorothy McGuire as Claudia Naughton
- Robert Young as David Naughton
- Mary Astor as Elizabeth Van Doren
- John Sutton as Phil Dexter
- Gail Patrick as Julia Naughton
- Rose Hobart as Edith Dexter
- Harry Davenport as Dr. Harry
- Florence Bates as Nancy Riddle
- Jerome Cowan as Brian O'Toole
- Frank Tweddell as Fritz
- Elsa Janssen as Bertha
- Anthony Sydes as Bobby
- Eva Novak as Maid
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0038416|title=Claudia and David}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=71050|title=Claudia and David}}
- {{AFI film|id=24725|title=Claudia and David}}
{{Walter Lang}}
Category:1946 comedy-drama films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American comedy-drama films
Category:American sequel films
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films directed by Walter Lang
Category:Films scored by Cyril J. Mockridge
Category:Films set in Connecticut
Category:Films produced by William Perlberg
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy-drama films
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