Harry Mork (Glenn Ford's character) unfolds as a man getting older and wanting roots, family and belonging. But all are bundled into longing. For what he's longing for he's not sure. An eccentric postmistress(Geraldine Page) Evie, grows on him. She appears out of nowhere and she slowly gets into his mind and heart. Patrick, the son of a would-be fussy wife (Angela Lansbury)to Harry, becomes Harry's portal unto a different world. A world of assertiveness. Patrick, too, longs for love, found in a pre-hippie girlfriend named Zola, but he, too, knows that there is much more than a quicky and a fleeting relationship in Zola. Like Harry, Patrick is longing. And in Patrick, Harry sees a bit of himself. Something Patrick says makes Harry think: "Something has Got to be done about me!" Patrick emphasizes to Harry about being assertive in love.But the movie is more than relationships or the lack of.In Dear Heart we see a man edging closer to commitment. Not the commitment to Lansbury but one to the charming and under-the-radar Evie. Will they find love? Will they marry? Would they adopt the charming and introspective and grown Patrick?Love is found sometimes unexpectedly. Found love is to be acted upon before he or she flees. I expect that Harry made that commitment to Evie and, the next year, at the postmasters convention, Evie will have a roommate and a table for two.It's an amazing little movie. It's early 1960s but seems more in tune with the late 1960s. Like you would give love a chance, give this movie a chance.

What a great movie this is! Geraldine Page as the lonely postal employee in New York for a convention, meets Glenn Ford a man just promoted and hoping to finally settle down in one place. Angela Landbury is the woman he hopes to marry and settle down with. She is a high tone woman, with a grown son, who she has passed off, by an old picture as a young boy. Ford seems overwhelmed by the thought of the whole thing, and finds that Page is a port in the storm. You don't immediately see the chemistry between the two, but as the picture goes on, we see that they are kindred souls. She is sweet and social, and just a bit needy for companionship. He under everything is basically the same. In the end he chases her to the train station, realizing that he has truly met the woman who he can be with for the rest of his life. Excellent small film with wonderful performances by all.

Geraldine Page turns in a great performance as Evie Jackson, a middle-aged woman who seems to have missed the boat and fills her life managing everything and trying to make a home wherever she is. At a postmasters' convention in New York City, she treats the staff like long-lost friends while she evades a group of old maids. She says at one point, that after a woman has given up, she bonds with a group of spinsters and loses her identity.Glenn Ford is a rather desperate middle-aged man whose just gotten a promotion and will have an office in New York City. He's been a salesman on the road for decades and yearns to settle down. He's recently gotten engaged to a woman from Altoona, PA (Angela Lansbury) and plans to find an apartment in the big city.Of course these two lonely people keep running into each other at the convention hotel where they are both staying. Slowly they begin to be attracted to one another, but he's already engaged. To make matters worse, his soon-to-be step son (Michael Anderson, Jr.) has bailed from college and has basically moved in with Ford at the hotel. But Lansbury has misled him and he thinks the kid is 13. Plus he wants a home, but that's not what Lansbury has in mind.Page and Ford are just terrific in this on-and-off romantic story of two souls who finally find one another despite the pitfalls along the road. Lansbury is brash as the "other woman" and Anderson is OK in an odd role and subplot.Others in the large cast include Charles Drake as Evie's one-time boyfriend, Barbara Nichols as the sales girl, Patricia Barry as Ford's old girl friend, Richard Deacon as the convention runner, and Sandra Gould as his assistant. The pack of old maids includes Ruth McDevitt, Mary Wickes, and Alice Pearce. Neva Patterson is Page's oft-married friend. Lots of other familiar faces pop up: Hal Smith, Doris Roberts, Maxine Stuart, Patsy Garrett, Ralph Manza, and Steve Bell as Chester.Geraldine Page won a Golden Globe nomination for this film.

Geraldine Page is a postmistress who's going to her convention in New York. Glenn Ford is an engaged man, who's getting married in a month to Angela Lansbury. They both happen to be staying at the same hotel and through certain circumstances, they meet, but only after we see Glenn visiting a friend, who's got the hots for him but he doesn't give her a tumble and after seeing Geraldine talking to Charles Drake, a married man, of whom she's been seeing. But of course she's miserable not having the whole package. This is a very sweet film, that was originally called The Out-of-Towners, but when the Oscar-nominated song was written, they came up with the idea to change the movie title to fit the song. Great idea! The title fits this very funny yet vulnerable film. It may be one of those films that are far from perfect, but has much heart and sentiment. Therefore, it makes up for any imperfections in the eyes of those who love it. If you've never seen Glenn meet Geraldine, then you are missing one match made in heaven, as they seem very well suited for each other. There's really nothing else to know about the film. "Dear Heart" is a movie that shows average people in search of love and finding it.