John Loves Mary

2137. JOHN LOVES MARY (1949-USA). WITH RONALD REAGAN, JACK CARSON, PATRICIA NEAL, WAYNE MORRIS, EDWARD ARNOLD. REAGAN GIVES ONE Of HIS BETTER SCREEN PERFORMANCES IN THIS VERY FUNNY COMEDY BASED ON THE SMASH HIT STAGE PLAY BY NORMAN KRASNA. HE PLAYS JOHN, AN AMERICAN G.I. WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM WORLD WAR II. HE IS IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND IS SET TO BOARD A TRAIN TO NEW YORK’S PENNSYLVANIA STATION. PATRICIA NEAL MAKES HER SCREEN DEBUT AS MARY, A SENATOR’S DAUGHTER AND THE WOMAN JOHN LOVES. MARY IS ALL AFLUTTER AS SHE AWAITS JOHN’S HOMECOMING. ONLY JOHN DOESN’T IMMEDIATELY ARRIVE. IN HIS PLACE COMES A STRANGER, FRED TAYLOR. JOHN AND FRED WERE IN THE SAME COMPANY DURING THE WAR, AND FRED SAVED JOHN’S LIFE. NOW JOHN HAS CHOSEN TO REPAY HIS PAL IN A MOST UNORTHODOX MANNER. IT SEEMS THAT WHILE OVERSEAS FRED HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH LILLY, AN ENGLISH GIRL, BUT HAD LOST TRACK Of HER. LILLY WANTED TO FOLLOW FRED TO AMERICA, BUT IT WOULD TAKE YEARS FOR HER TO DO SO ON HER OWN. JOHN RAN INTO HER BY ACCIDENT, AND WAS MOST SYMPATHETIC TO HER PLIGHT. THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE WAY FOR LILLY TO GET TO AMERICA WITHOUT DELAY: MARRY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER. THAT SOLDIER WAS THE GOODHEARTED JOHN. THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR LILLY AND JOHN TO PROMPTLY DIVORCE. THEN SHE COULD BE WITH FRED AND HE COULD BE WITH MARY. SIMPLE, HUH! ONLY YOU JUST KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MYRIAD COMPLIÂCATIONS, RESULTING IN COMICAL SITUATIONS AND LAUGHS. 97 MINUTES. COMEDY