Thursday, June 3, 2010

There's Always Tomorrow (1956).


There's Always Tomorrow (1956). Drama. Director: Douglas Sirk. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld, based on novel by Ursula Parrott.

Clifford Groves, works hard running a toy manufacturing business and afterwards goes home to his wife Marion and his children, Vinnie, Ellen and Frankie. On Marion's birthday, Cliff wants to take her on a night on the town, only to find that she has made other plans with the children. Later that evening, Norma Miller Vale, a ex-co-worker who Cliff has not seen in twenty years, drops by. Although, Cliff does not recognize her at first.

They decide to go to the theater, afterwards Norma, asks to visit his office and they reminisces about the past. When Norma asks if he is happy now, Cliff hesitates before saying yes. When he returns home, Cliff tries to tell Marion about his night, but she is too tired to listen. The next weekend, Cliff plans a weekend get-away with Marion. Just before they are to leave for a resort, their daughter twists her ankle and Marion thinks it is best to stay home with her. Cliff schedules a business meeting in Palm Valley and drives to the inn by himself. There, just as he finds out that his meeting has been cancelled, he runs into Norma, who is also there for the weekend. What will happen between these two lonely people?

What I loved about this film was Fred and Barbara on screen chemistry. A couple of my favorite scenes are when: she chews the children out and the scene where she tells Fred that they could never be...

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