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Tender Comrade

  • 1943
  • Approved
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.1K
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Ginger Rogers and Robert Ryan in Tender Comrade (1943)
DramaRomanceWar

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writer
    • Dalton Trumbo
  • Stars
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Robert Ryan
    • Ruth Hussey
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Dalton Trumbo
    • Stars
      • Ginger Rogers
      • Robert Ryan
      • Ruth Hussey
    • 30User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Jo Jones
    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • Chris Jones
    Ruth Hussey
    Ruth Hussey
    • Barbara Thomas
    Patricia Collinge
    Patricia Collinge
    • Helen Stacey
    Mady Christians
    Mady Christians
    • Manya Lodge
    Kim Hunter
    Kim Hunter
    • Doris Dumbrowski
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Mrs. Henderson
    Richard Martin
    Richard Martin
    • Mike Dumbrowski
    Robert Anderson
    • Chris Jones as a boy
    • (uncredited)
    Patti Brill
    Patti Brill
    • Western Union Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Burton
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Davis
    • Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Jane Farrar
    Jane Farrar
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Fielding
    Edward Fielding
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Flanagan - Jo's Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Gaines
    Richard Gaines
    • Waldo Pierson
    • (uncredited)
    Euline Martin
    • Baby
    • (uncredited)
    Freddie Mercer
    • Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Dalton Trumbo
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    10spost8260

    One of a kind

    "Tender Comrade" was the only film made during the second world war showing what it was like to be a war bride. It just about covers every detail of home life during this time period, such as rationing booklets, war plant jobs, friendships, worries, "not to talk about troop movements" in public and everything a war bride had to deal with. I'm sure one cam complain about dialog, scripts, camera angles, etcetera, but life wasn't perfect and this film recreates life during a time when "politically incorrect" was not mandatory. People actually talked like that then. They dressed like that, lived like that. This film is as close to factual representation of a war bride as anyone ever got and I, for one, am thankful it was filmed and still lives on. Everyone seems to remember the soldier, but not so much about what their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters had to endure while being left behind to wait for their return. Thank you, Mr. Dymytryk.
    5alonzoiii-1

    A Great Movie and a Lousy Movie All In One

    This is the type of movie for which the fast-forward function was invented, as parts of this movie have both fine writing and fine acting, and other parts are dreadful propaganda. The story is simple. Ginger Rogers, husband to soldier Robert Ryan, convinces her other pals working at the war plant to move in together, and pool their assets. The story of Robert Ryan and Ginger is told through flashbacks, scattered randomly through the tale of how five working women manage to live together, even when spouting impossible dialog at each other.

    The scenes between Rogers and Ryan are well-written and finely acted. Trumbo and the actors capture (most unusually for almost any movie) how a generally happy marriage works and how a quarrel might develop. Watch the scenes where these two are together. They are (mostly) free of the propaganda that does not age well.

    The rest of the movie. Well, the characters are types and serve as mouthpieces for the "We must sacrifice for the war effort" line being sold by the movie. If one is looking for preposterous moments of the cinema, one can flip forward to the scene where our group home's housekeeper gets in a rage because the butcher slipped an extra piece of bacon in the order. (Followed by a confession of hoarding by one of the girls in the house. Followed by an anti-foreigner tirade by the most ethically challenged of the group residents.) There is some decent 'ol fashioned movie rhetoric in this part, but, mostly, this section is hokum.
    printchicku

    Goofs

    I disagree with the goof that Robert Ryan is not whistling when coming through the laundry. In close examination, you hear the whistling, see his feet walking toward the laundry line. Then see his face, lips slightly puckered, he draws a breath and continues, just through his lips, but without his lips all bunched up. It's of course possible to whistle this way. I do it all the time!
    timmauk

    a nice little movie

    Ok, this movie IS dated but so were most of the films made during the WWII. This is not a major earthshaking film, just a nice little movie. Even if it gets a little preachy.

    Ginger Rogers is more muted in this role, not really one of her strongest performances, but she is good. Robert Ryan, her husband in the film, is actually playing a NICE guy here. This film also includes Ruth Hussey, Kim Hunter, Patricia Collinge and Jane Darnell. They are never really used to a great advantage here.

    The story is simple enough. These women were left behind by their men who went of to war. They move in together to share expenses and responsibility. They try to run the house democratically but run into problems. If you are looking for a nice little movie to watch, this can be that movie. I do have this in my video collection and have watched it about 3 times.
    8bkoganbing

    20% of the Hollywood Ten

    I think it was sad that Ginger Rogers spent so much time trashing this movie Tender Comrade over politics. It contains one of her best performances.

    Rogers was a member in good standing of Hollywood's right wing and Tender Comrade came under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. With writer Dalton Trumbo and director Edward Dmytryk two of the Hollywood Ten involved it had a star place in the proceedings.

    With the word 'comrade' in the title that's if you'll pardon the pun a red flag in front of these bulls. I mean isn't that what Communists call each other? And the plot concerning four Rosie the Riveteer types teaming up to buy a house and share expenses for the duration, clearly Communist and subverting the American ideal of rugged individualism. And dialog talking about a more unselfish world. This bares investigation.

    Ginger, along with other marrieds Ruth Hussey, Patricia Collinge, and Kim Hunter all decide to live together and it seems like a practical decision. They make another one when since they're all doing factory work and come home bone tired they pool part of their salaries and hire a live-in housekeeper Mady Christians. This woman is a refugee from Germany and she provides some valuable insights into the foe their husbands are fighting.

    Tender Comrade like so many films of the WW2 era talked a lot about building a better world and God knows what is wrong with that? It turned out to be a dream, but God help us if we ever have a world where no one dreams of making it better.

    We also have some flashback scenes that are done well with Ginger and her husband Robert Ryan in the service. They show a typical Mr.&Mrs. Young America at the time and they had a universal identification.

    Kim Hunter's husband comes home on leave and he's played by Richard Martin, one of the few times you will see him on film not playing Chit Jose Gonzalez Bustamante Rafferty. Treasure this film for that alone. And also for Ginger Rogers fine and eloquent soliliquy at the end.

    It wasn't only Dmytryk and Trumbo who got blacklisted. So did Kim Hunter, Patricia Collinge, and Mady Christians. Lot of political casualties came out of this very fine film about the WW2 homefront.

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    • Trivia
      This film was introduced as evidence when director Edward Dmytryk and writer Dalton Trumbo were hauled before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was investigating them on suspicion of being Communists. Despite the film's many flag-waving speeches, the communal living arrangements of the ladies in the film was cited as evidence of how Dmytryk and Trumbo attempted to brainwash unsuspecting American moviegoers with Communist propaganda. As even more damning evidence, there was the use of the word "Comrade" in the title.
    • Goofs
      When Chris comes around the hanging laundry in Jo's flashback, we hear the end of his whistling "You Made Me Love You," but his face is totally relaxed, and clearly not that of a person who is whistling.
    • Quotes

      Jo Jones: We're going to pool all of our salaries and we'll pay the rent, take care of the expenses of the house, and what's left over, we'll split five ways. You see, we're running this joint like a democracy!

      Manya Lodge: Like a democracy! Oh, that's good! That's good. Once, in Germany, we had a democracy. But we...

      Helen Stacey: You lost it.

      Manya Lodge: Nein. We did not lose it. We let it be murdered - like a little child.

    • Crazy credits
      TO MY WIFE - Teacher, Tender Comrade Wife, A fellow-farer true through life, Heart-whole and soul-free, The August Father, Gave to me. Robert Louis Stevenson
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: Dark Victory (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550
      (1788) (uncredited)

      Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      First movement played on the radio in the opening scene

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    • Release date
      • June 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Kärlekskamrater
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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