Fan CastingHope Floats (as a 1940's movie)

After finding out her husband is having an affair with her best friend, a woman and her daughter move back to the mother's hometown in Maine to start a new life. While there, the woman runs into her old high school crush. Soon, the two begin a romantic relationship with each other and discover that hope has a chance to float back up. Differences between the 1998 movie and 1940's version: Many of the characters names have been changed. Example: Birdie is named Betty in the 1940's version. Betty and her daughter are from New York and move back to Maine in the 1940's version, while in the '98 version, they're from Chicago and move back to Texas. In this version, Betty is a call-girl and discovers that her husband is having an affair with her best friend through a phone-call by overhearing their conversation, while in the '98, she discovers this when she appears on a talk show with her best friend.