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Pelham movie theatre in the Bronx--the movie, (one of a double
bill---wonder if you 'kids' remember when movies showed 2 pictures, a
cartoon, a newsreel, coming attractions, etc?) and I was in love with
love!
It was a pretty 'racy' movie for its time--Susan Hayward has a
child out of wedlock with Dana Andrews who is about to be shipped
overseas--oh the melodrama, the romance and the music!
I bought the
sheet music and spent days learning the lyrics which to this day I
remember and get transported back to that day whenever I think of them.
Ah, youth--and then in today's paper I read "Nothing annoys a man as to
hear a woman promising to love him 'forever' when he merely wanted her
to love him for a few weeks."
My Foolish Heart is an Academy Award-nominated 1949 film which tells the story of a woman's reflections
on the bad turns her life has taken. It was directed by Mark Robson and stars Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward. Adapted from J. D. Salinger's 1948
short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," it
remains the only authorized film adaptation of Salinger's work; the filmmakers'
infidelity to his story famously precluded any possibility of film versions of
other Salinger works, including The Catcher in the Rye.
My Foolish Heart
Lyrics by: Ned Washington
Music by: Victor Young
The night is like a lovely tune
Beware, my foolish heart
How white the ever constant moon
Take care, my foolish heart
There's a line between love and fascination
That's so hard to see on an evening such as this
For they both give the very same sensation
When your lost in the magic of a kiss
Your lips are much too close to mine
Beware, my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start
For this time it isn't fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's love, this time it's love
My foolish heart
There's a line between love and fascination
That's so hard to see on an evening such as this
For they both give the very same sensation
When your lost in the magic of a kiss
Your lips are much too close to mine
Beware, my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start
For this time it isn't fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's love, this time it's love
My foolish heart
This time it’s love
This time it’s love
My foolish heart
Despite a critical drubbing, the film was nominated for Academy AwardsBest Actress in a Leading Role (Susan Hayward) and Best Music, SongVictor Young and Ned Washington for the title
song, sung by Martha
Mears), which has become a jazz standard. Although in recent years the
film's standing has not improved (Christopher Durang called it "a soggy love
story" in 1996),[8] the film critic Andrew Sarris has notably
defended the film. Sarris admitted that it was his deceased brother's favorite
film and much of the movie's appeal for him is nostalgic.[9] for (
SUNG BY MARGARET WHITING