B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

The spoiled daughter (Barbara Stanwyck) of a conservative right wing self made millionaire (Charles Coburn) falls in love with a penniless left wing educator and writer (Van Heflin) and they marry in haste. Can their marriage survive their different financial stations and political views? Based on the novel by John P. Marquand (THE LATE GEORGE APLEY) and directed by Robert Z. Leonard (THE GREAT ZIEGFELD). The book was controversial in its day but the film version eliminates the more contentious aspects of the novel for an antiseptic and conventional movie melodrama. It's a pity because it dances around some serious issues without taking any stand and what we get is an ending neatly tied up in a ribbon so the audience can go home happy. The acting is good, however and Stanwyck fans should be pleased. The movie's title was changed in Great Britain because B.F. has a vulgar connotation there. With Keenan Wynn, Margaret Lindsay, Marshall Thompson, Richard Hart, Spring Byington and Barbara Laage.