Product Details

• Actors: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Michael Anderson Jr., Barbara Nichols
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303922147
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,357 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The annual postmasters' convention is the setting for this love story. She is a single woman who never thought she'd be involved in an affair. He is a womanizing salesman who is trying to decide whether or not he wants to be engaged.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE POIGNANCY OF THIS FILM STAYS WITH YOU, October 26, 2003

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Elaine Campbell "Desert Dweller" (Rancho Mirage, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Heart [VHS] (VHS Tape)

long after it has been viewed. The best actress of our century (perhaps of all time) blossoms in the role of a small town postmaster attending a convention in NYC who has all but given up on her dream of husband and home.

Staying at the same hotel: a travelling saleman who is tired of his unattached, immature and uncommitted life. He is adroitly and touchingly played by the versatile actor Glenn Ford. Perfect casting!

This film is directed by Delbert Mann, who directed the innovative movie "Marty," in which Hollywood glamor was dropped for a story about physically plain but very human and vulnerable people.

Above all, this is a movie about people who are trying to change, not only their lives, but themselves. Even Ford's fiance, played by the ever talented Angela Lansbury, stubborn and stuck in her ways, desires a new life. Unfortunately, it is not the one which Ford has in mind for himself.

With sterling performances, a marvelous director, a tender and very moving story, and some of the best character actors in the business backing the whole film up, this film is a winner for all time. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and yes, it got a few tears out of me (albeit tears of joy) at the film's end.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love and Kisses...Bimbo Jones, April 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dear Heart [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Are there any guys out there that ever "get it". In this film, one of them actually realizes the differences between a fling, a fraud and a floozy and he actually chooses to love the girl that is just herself...kind, caring and intersted in him. Geraldine Page is one of the greats and this performance is lesser known than the others, but it is pulled together beautifully by this wonderful artist. You actually feel the expectaion, the heartbreak, the resignation and the blissfulness of this free spirit, content upon being herself and finding love before she is too old. I cry every single time I see this film...tears of joy that a guy could cut through the chaos of his life and libido and actually fall in love with the woman he might not have selected for himself, but discovers is his perfect match.
Wonerful and recommended very highly.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My faith is restored, March 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dear Heart [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After reading through the other reviews (with an exception or two), my faith in my fellow reviewers is restored. I have watched this great little movie so many times. I can still just watch the last five minutes alone and be sobbing by the end credits. It is a very personal favorite of mine for so many reasons. As many men could probably relate to "Marty", so can many women relate to "Miss Evie Jackson". The moral of the story: to thine own self be true...........and pass the tissues, please.