One for the Book

Director Irving Rapper’s second scene, in wartime Manhattan, distinguished married playwright Ken (Kent Smith) is dumping his girlfriend, actress Sally (Eleanor Parker) because she’s fallen too hard, the final parting at her apartment, in One For The Book (a.k.a. Voice Of The Turtle), 1948, from the hit play by John Van Druten.

Eve Arden as actress Olive, in wartime New York, visiting fellow actress Sally (Eleanor Parker), just jilted by her married lover, discovers her preferred paramour is available, leaving the problem of the other boyfriend coming to meet her, in One For The Book (a.ka. Voice Of The Turtle), 1948.

Actress Sally (Eleanor Parker), in wartime NYC, is surprised to run into soldier Bill (Ronald Reagan) at the deli, where they indirectly discuss his having spent the night, quite innocently, at her place, other customers aghast, in One For The Book (a.k.a. Voice Of The Turtle), 1948.

Ronald Reagan as Sgt. Bill Page, on leave in New York, stranded at the apartment of lovelorn actress Sally (Eleanor Parker), whose friend Olive stood him up because a higher priority boyfriend turned up, trying to find a date, then improvising, in One For The Book (a.k.a. Voice Of The Turtle), 1948.

Returning G.I. Ronald Reagan must share an apartment with actress Eleanor Parker in the movie of the Broadway hit The Voice Of The Turtle (1947).