The Very Thought of You

6/9/2024

Two American sergeants have a weekend pass from their bitterly cold Aleutian Islands posting before they must report back for new wartime duties, so they head to Pasadena for some some fun. Almost immediately they alight on "Janet" (Eleanor Parker) and "Cora" (Faye Emerson) who work making parachutes. It's "Dave" (Dennis Morgan) who takes a shine to "Janet" - reciprocating a childhood crush, but her wary mother (Beulah Bondi) wants none of him, fearing the dangers to her daughter of a wartime romance. Luckily her father (Henry Travers) is a little more sympathetic, but can they make things work? Meantime, "Cora" has found love with his friend "Fixit" (Dane Clark) and their path is moving along altogether more smoothly. On the face of it, this is just another feel good piece of thinly veile