This Love of Ours

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This Love of Ours
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Directed by William Dieterle
Screenplay by Bruce Manning
John D. Klorer (as John Klorer)
Leonard Lee
Based onCome prima, meglio di prima
by Luigi Pirandello
Produced byHoward Benedict
Edward Dodds (associate producer)
Starring Merle Oberon
Claude Rains
Charles Korvin
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Edited byFrank Gross
Music by Hans J. Salter (as H.J. Salter)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 31 October 1945 (1945-10-31)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English
Box office$353,711 (Latin America) [1]

This Love of Ours is a 1945 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Merle Oberon, Maris Wrixon, Claude Rains, Charles Korvin and Carl Esmond. The film's composer, Hans J. Salter, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1946. This drama from Universal Pictures was later remade as Never Say Goodbye (1956) and the French television film Comme avant, mieux qu'avant (1972).

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References

  1. "Rank's $1,000,000,000 a Yr from SA". Variety. 21 May 1947. p. 5.