Claudia (1943 film)

Claudia
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edmund Goulding
Produced by	William Perlberg
Written by	John Golden
Screenplay by	Morrie Ryskind
Based on	Claudia 1941 play by Rose Franken
Starring	Dorothy McGuire Robert Young Ina Claire Reginald Gardiner Olga Baclanova Jean Howard
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 4, 1943 (1943-11-04)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.5 million (US rentals)[1][2]

Claudia is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding and written by Morrie Ryskind. The film stars Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire, Reginald Gardiner, Olga Baclanova and Jean Howard. The film was released on November 4, 1943, by 20th Century Fox.^[3][4][5] The film was based on a Broadway play from 1941.

Plot

Child bride Claudia Naughton (Dorothy McGuire) has made life difficult for her husband David (Robert Young) because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.^[6]

Cast

• Dorothy McGuire as Claudia Naughton
• Robert Young as David Naughton
• Ina Claire as Mrs. Brown
• Reginald Gardiner as Jerry Seymour
• Olga Baclanova as Madame Daruschka
• Jean Howard as Julia
• Frank Tweddell as Fritz
• Elsa Janssen as Bertha

References

External links

• Claudia on IMDb
• Claudia at AllMovie
• Claudia at the TCM Movie Database
• Claudia at the American Film Institute Catalog