William Dieterle's sentimental wartime romance I'll Be Seeing You (1945) never made it to laserdisc, but has arrived on DVD in a handsome-looking edition from MGM/UA (which bought up the Selznick International library, of which it was a part, in 2003). The source print has no blemishes, and after a window-boxed opening logo for Selznick, gives us a crisp full-frame image that looks sharper than the movie from television showings in the '60s and early '70s. The opulence of the Selznick production style (even as practiced here, by proxy, by future MGM production chief Dore Schary) really comes to life in this high-resolution format -- the subtle elegance of even the middle-class settings, and the carefully lit sets -- but the most startling element of the movie to rise to the surface in this format is Ginger Rogers' performance. One of her most subtle portrayals, her work as a furloughed convict (guilty of a manslaughter charge that, in more recent times, might well have been dismissed, as it involved her resisting what we now call "date rape") is the kind of role that actresses yearned for, and she rises to the occasion -- presented in this way, with no visual flaws, and in optimum condition, we get to absorb her work at its best. Joseph Cotten's performance is also worth seeing, though he almost loses himself in his attempt to portray a shell-shocked veteran -- he was too subtle for his own good, by the standards of the time. One wishes that it was possible to say the disc was flawless, but that goal eludes us here. For reasons best known to themselves, MGM/UA has mastered the sound on this disc -- which is hardly overloaded with extras -- at a volume level half of what it should be. It's all clean and comes out without distortion of any kind, but why that discrepancy exists is a mystery. The 85-minute movie has been given 16 very well chosen chapters and comes with French, Spanish, and English subtitles; however, there is no trailer or other support material of any kind. It opens automatically to a simple three-selection menu offering "Play," "Chapter," and "Subtitle" selections.