Ginger Rogers was looking for a script that would allow her to showcase her dramatic talents, a departure from the comedic and dancing roles her career had been limited to by RKO and others. The novel "Kitty Foyle" was too scandalous for her tastes, but her mother convinced her to wait for the studio's treatment, which would have to conform to MPPC guidelines. Besides, Dalton Trumbo was working on the adaptation.
When she read the script, she was pleased to accept the role. The film became RKO's biggest earner of 1940 and she won the Best Actress Oscar over some other notable performances, perhaps because her dramatic abilities were so underestimated.
The film, as a whole, is certainly not a classic. Its story is not so unique, being little more than the struggle of a woman to decide between two men, one of whom lives a privileged life that cannot accommodate her lower station. The ending of the film is anticlimactic. Still, Miss Rogers' role is the centerpiece of the film and she handles it with confidence and nuance.
Her two leading men, Dennis Morgan and James Craig, are solid in their performances, though their roles are not as demanding.
When she read the script, she was pleased to accept the role. The film became RKO's biggest earner of 1940 and she won the Best Actress Oscar over some other notable performances, perhaps because her dramatic abilities were so underestimated.
The film, as a whole, is certainly not a classic. Its story is not so unique, being little more than the struggle of a woman to decide between two men, one of whom lives a privileged life that cannot accommodate her lower station. The ending of the film is anticlimactic. Still, Miss Rogers' role is the centerpiece of the film and she handles it with confidence and nuance.
Her two leading men, Dennis Morgan and James Craig, are solid in their performances, though their roles are not as demanding.