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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay poster
Directed by
Lewis Allen
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two young women travel to Europe in the 1920s and keep getting into funny scrapes. The film follows their misadventures based on true stories.

lightheartedwhimsicalnostalgicplayfulgentleamusingbreezyinnocent

What happens

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Lewis Allen and written by Sheridan Gibney. It was based on the real life reminiscences of the comic misadventures of Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner in their book Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. The film stars Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charlie Ruggles, Dorothy Gish, Beulah Bondi, Bill Edwards and James Brown. After its premiere in New York on October 12, 1944, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay went into general release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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