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Dum ti dum ti dum…
WHAAAA AYN RAND!
So it this going to be a super-corny schmaltzy ode to objectivism?
It’s a budget movie? It looks like it’s been filmed on the cheapest, most cramped sound stages.
I assume that it ended up in my queue due to block-voting on imdb (I selected movies that had a combination of significant views and high votes).
This is Cyrano de Bergerac repeated not as a comedy, but as a turgid sentimental tragedy of a romantic movie.
It’s twaddle, but some scenes are so awkward that they’re almost great.
Love Letters. William Dieterle. 1945.
Popular movies in August 1945 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 924 | 7.4 | Pride of the Marines |
 | 1932 | 7.3 | The Southerner |
 | 286 | 7.3 | The True Glory |
 | 211 | 7.2 | Divorce |
 | 1127 | 7.2 | Love Letters |
 | 844 | 7.1 | The Shanghai Cobra |
 | 2863 | 7.1 | State Fair |
 | 1010 | 7.0 | Lady on a Train |
 | 868 | 6.9 | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry |
 | 2272 | 6.6 | Ziegfeld Follies |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.