John P. Marquand's B.F.'s Daughter (via TCM) -1948
B. F.'s DAUGHTER, screenplay by Luther Davis , from the novel by John P. Marquand ; directed by Robert Z. Leonard ; produced by Edwin H. Knopf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. At Loew's State. "Polly" Fulton . . . . . Barbara Stanwyck Thomas W. Brett . . . . . Van Heflin B. F. Fulton . . . . . Charles Coburn Robert S. Tasmin, III . . . . . Richard Hart Martin Delwyn Ainsley . . . . . Keenan Wynn "Apples" Sandler . . . . . Margaret Lindsay Gladys Fulton . . . . . Spring Byington The Sailor . . . . . Marshall Thompson Eugenia Taris . . . . . Barbara Laage Major Isaac Riley . . . . . Thomas E. Breen Jan . . . . . Fred Nurney Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton : [ to Polly ] It's just that I want you to know that lots of marriages... well, aren't the way they say in books... but still they're worth fighting for. -- Charles Coburn (as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton) in B.F.'s Daughter ...