Dear Ruth (1947)
June 10, 1947Release Date
Dear Ruth (1947)
June 10, 1947Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
![Joan Caulfield](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/75348-joan-caulfield.webp)
Joan Caulfield
Ruth Wilkins
![William Holden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6300-william-holden.webp)
William Holden
Lt. William Seacroft
![Mona Freeman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37972-mona-freeman.webp)
Mona Freeman
Miriam Wilkins
![Edward Arnold](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10275-edward-arnold.webp)
Edward Arnold
Judge Harry Wilkins
![Billy De Wolfe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21401-billy-de-wolfe.webp)
Billy De Wolfe
Albert Kummer
![Mary Philips](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/75314-mary-philips.webp)
Mary Philips
Mrs. Edie Wilkins
![Virginia Welles](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/102315-virginia-welles.webp)
Virginia Welles
Martha Seacroft
![Kevin O'Morrison](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/46324-kevin-o-morrison.webp)
Kevin O'Morrison
Sgt. Chuck Vincent
Media.
![Dear Ruth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/103024-dear-ruth.webp)
Details.
Release DateJune 10, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
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Dear Ruth is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Billy de Wolfe and Edward Arnold. It was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna.
The film's plot concerns a teenage girl who uses her older sister's identity to communicate with a soldier pen pal.
Two sequels to Dear Ruth were later produced: Dear Wife (1949), with all of the principal actors reprising their roles, and Dear Brat (1951), featuring Freeman, Arnold and De Wolfe.
Despite the popular belief that J. D. Salinger based the name of his character Holden Caulfield, who appears in The Catcher in the Rye and other works, on a marquee for the film showing the last names of the film's two leads, the first Holden Caulfield story, "I'm Crazy", was published in December 1945, a year and a half before the film's release.