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Tomorrow Is Forever

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In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald (Claudette Colbert) learns with shock that her husband, John Andrew (Orson Welles), has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
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Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
First half of the film goes from one heart-shaking sequence to another but, unfortunately Lenore Coffee in her screenplay has been unable to build to great climaxes. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times 03/25/2006
Tomorrow seems forever coming after an hour and a half of what goes on. Go to Full Review
Fannie Hurst Modern Screen 06/15/2023
Tomorrow Is Forever has what it takes for box office allure, from the moment the potential customer reads the come-hither advertising in the lobby. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/23/2005
3/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/01/2005
B
A weepie family drama tailor-made for Douglas Sirk that is ably but too rationally directed by Irving Pichel. Go to Full Review
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Kalissa H @kali_416 Aug 12 The acting was captivating. See more Alain E @AlainE Jul 19 I can’t think that this movie was shot for any other reason but a paycheck. When a newly married American soldier fighting during WW I in Europe gets seriously injured he decides to save his wife from taking him back, so plan B, after rejecting suicide, is to start a second life as an Austrian chemist! The realistic plot then has him returning to US, still as an Austrian and being employed in the factory of his ex wife’s second husband. If we thought that TV serials invented the impossible plots, this movie proves that there is a long tradition. There is rich black and white photography with the classic exaggerated shadows in every scene. Another war is starting, serious decisions have to be made and a little girl needs to be protected. Enjoy! Orson Welles is the limping chemist. See more Martin B 01/23/2024 That's why I don't like post war, 40's era movies. My Lord that was so hyperbolically melodramatic. Love, home life, the ravages of war and the tortured decision that had to me made.all so completely over the top. Brent and Colbert played their one character actor part. Seeing a young Gig Young and Natalie Wood was interesting. What makes this move a must watch is Orson Welles showing why he is the master actor. A little over the top but watching him work his magic was spell binding. Any less a performance and this would have been a sappy failure. See more Steve D 01/18/2024 The actors try their best but the story is ridiculous. See more harwee h 12/24/2023 Overacted and overworked where a good story that is already there but not allowed to be what it is, and so was instead punctuated nearly every scene with overly emotive performances, distracting soundtrack, and bad makeup (in the case of Welles). A curio watch for being Natalie Wood's earlier film where she plays as a young girl under Welle's guardianship, and for the handsome Richard Long's first role. See more Luca D @JoeCamel7 03/17/2022 The movie has a great plot, but I feel as if the writing didn't quite match the greatness. Many scenes were well acted, but then others were poorly acted. The movie overall has some great messages I just feel as if the execution was botched. This movie had potential to be really good but it just doesn't feel %100. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald (Claudette Colbert) learns with shock that her husband, John Andrew (Orson Welles), has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
Director
Irving Pichel
Producer
David Lewis
Screenwriter
Gwen Bristow, Lenore J. Coffee
Distributor
Independent Releasing Organization [us]
Production Co
International Pictures Inc. [us]
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 20, 1946, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 12, 2016
Runtime
1h 45m
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