BFs Daughter
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Music director Bronislaw Kaper Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 2, 1948 (1948-04-02) (United States) Based on the novel B.F.s Daughter by John P. Marquand Cast (Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett), (Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett), (Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton), (Robert S. 'Bob' Tasmin III), (Martin Delwyn 'Marty' Ainsley), ('Apples' Sandler) Similar movies The World Is Not Enough , A Place in the Sun , Spinout , Bernard and Doris , Regarding Henry , The Change-Up Tagline From the Best-Selling Book ! |
B f s daughter 1948 title sequence
B.F.'s Daughter is a 1948 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin. It is adapted from John P. Marquand's controversial 1946 novel of the same name, but the movie script softens the controversial elements and is a fairly conventional love story. It was released in the UK as Polly Fulton, because "B.F." is a euphemism for "bloody fool."
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Plot

Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn). She is involved in a long engagement to lawyer Bob Tasmin (Richard Hart), a pleasant, dependable gentleman who has the full approval of her family. Then she meets brash intellectual Tom Brett (Van Heflin), who blames many of the world's problems on the rich. Tom and Polly heartily dislike each other at first, but she finds him exciting compared to the likable "stuffed shirt" Tasmin. Soon Tom and Polly fall passionately in love and get married.
Tom has a tense relationship with Polly's family from the start. And when he gradually realizes that his in-laws are using their connections to advance his career, he is not grateful but bitter. Polly is painfully torn between her strong-willed husband and her devoted father, whom everyone calls "B.F."
When World War II arrives, Tom takes a high-level civilian position in Washington, doing work that he cannot talk about. He and Polly rarely see each other and begin to lead separate lives. Two wartime developments eventually bring the relationship to a crisis point. Polly hears a rumor that Tom is having an affair. And she is stunned by a news report that Bob Tasmin, now a dashing military officer happily married to Polly's best friend, has apparently been killed on a mission behind enemy lines. As the truth about both situations is revealed, Polly and Tom will finally confront their own problems face to face and learn what they really mean to each other.
Cast
Reception
The film earned $1,449,000 in the US and Canada and $461,000 elsewhere, recording a loss of $565,000.
Radio adaptation
On December 11, 1950, Lux Radio Theater broadcast a radio adaptation of B. F.'s Daughter with Barbara Stanwyck reprising her role in the film.
References
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