Invitation (1952 film)

Invitation
Directed byGottfried Reinhardt
Written byPaul Osborn
Based onR.S.V.P.
by Jerome Weidman
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
StarringVan Johnson
Dorothy McGuire
Ruth Roman
CinematographyRay June
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music byBronislau Kaper
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 1, 1952 (1952-02-01)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,020,000
Box office$1,455,000

Invitation is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire and Ruth Roman. Johnson and McGuire play a happily married couple, until the wife learns a secret about her husband. The film was based on the short story "R.S.V.P." by Jerome Weidman. The theme song "Invitation" has since become a jazz standard.