When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
- Starring:
- Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, (more)
- Director(s):
- John M. Stahl
Synopsis of When Tomorrow Comes
Following up their successful film Love Affair, Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne team up again for the romantic melodrama When Tomorrow Comes, based on a story by James M. Cain. Philip (Boyer) is a concert pianist who stops into a restaurant for lunch and meets waitress Helen Lawrence (Dunne). He follows her to a rally where she is planning a strike. The two fall in love despite the fact that Philip is married to Madeline (Barbara O'Neil), who suffers from psychotic spells after a miscarriage has brought her to madness. Helen goes on strike and Philip wants to take her to Long Island on his sailboat, but they are stranded by a hurricane. Taking refuge in a destroyed church, Helen learns about his wife and is forced to make a difficult decision. When Tomorrow Comes won an Academy award in 1939 for Best Sound, mostly due to the novel hurricane scene. This is one of three films by director John M. Stahl to be remade by Douglas Sirk in the late '50s and early '60s. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Complete Cast of When Tomorrow Comes
- Irene Dunne - Helen
- Barbara O'Neil - Madeleine Durand
- Nydia Westman - Lulu, Waitress
- Fritz Feld - Nicholas, Butler
- Harry C. Bradley - Minister
- Howard Hickman - Wealthy Man
- Dick Winslow - Accordian Player
- George Humbert - Vendor
- Edward Peil, Jr. - Janitor
- William B. Davidson - Army Captain
- Edward Earle - Assistant Manager
- Mary Field - Waitress
- Delmar Watson - Boy
- Addison Richards - Refugee Leader
- Milburn Stone - Head Busboy
- Frank Darien - Boathouse Caretaker
- James Flavin - Coast Guard Man
- Gladys Blake - Woman
- Stanley Taylor - Radio Technician
- Charles Boyer - Philip Andre Durand
- Onslow Stevens - Holden, Labor Organizer
- Nella Walker - Mme. Durand
- Greta Meyer - Madeline's Nurse Maid
- Milton Parsons - Organist
- Tom Dugan - Bum
- Ted Offenbecker - Farmer's Son
- Eddie Acuff - Bus Driver
- John Dilson - Man
- Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton - Busboy
- Wade Boteler - Policeman
- Hally Chester - Newsboy
- Otto Hoffman - Farmer
- Emmett Vogan - Headwaiter
- Constance Moore - Bride
- Jerry Marlowe - Groom
- Philip Trent - Serviceman
- Lillian Elliott - Character Woman
- James C. Morton - Chef
- Director(s):
- John M. Stahl
- Writer(s):
- Dwight Taylor
- Producer(s):
- John M. Stahl
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