My Foolish Heart
Jan 19 1950
•2h 38m
•Drama, Romance
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.
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Dana Andrews
Walt Dreiser
Susan Hayward
Eloise Winters
Kent Smith
Lewis H. Wengler
Lois Wheeler
Mary Jane
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