Fri June 26, 2015
When Tomorrow Comes (John M. Stahl, US, 1939)
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“I’ve never met a woman before who could make speeches, call strikes, serve pancakes, and look beautiful all at the same time,” pianist Philip tells waitress Helen. But such unexpected conjunctions are all in a day’s work for this film that manages to combine Depression-era labor struggles with dreamlike romance. Helen and Philip (Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, renewing a pairing from 1939’s Love Affair) take shelter for a night from a stormy world, but reality intrudes in the morning, in the form of Philip’s wife. Based on a James M. Cain story, When Tomorrow Comes was remade by Douglas Sirk as Interlude.
• Written by Dwight Taylor, based on a story by James M. Cain. Photographed by John J. Mescall. With Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, Onslow Stevens. (90 mins, B&W, 35mm, From Universal)
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• Written by Dwight Taylor, based on a story by James M. Cain. Photographed by John J. Mescall. With Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, Onslow Stevens. (90 mins, B&W, 35mm, From Universal)
“I’ve never met a woman before who could make speeches, call strikes, serve pancakes, and look beautiful all at the same time,” pianist Philip tells waitress Helen. But such unexpected conjunctions are all in a day’s work for this film that manages to combine Depression-era labor struggles with dreamlike romance. Helen and Philip (Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, renewing a pairing from 1939’s Love Affair) take shelter for a night from a stormy world, but reality intrudes in the morning, in the form of Philip’s wife. Based on a James M. Cain story, When Tomorrow Comes was remade by Douglas Sirk as Interlude.
• Written by Dwight Taylor, based on a story by James M. Cain. Photographed by John J. Mescall. With Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, Onslow Stevens. (90 mins, B&W, 35mm, From Universal)
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• Written by Dwight Taylor, based on a story by James M. Cain. Photographed by John J. Mescall. With Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, Onslow Stevens. (90 mins, B&W, 35mm, From Universal)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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