When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
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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… More 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
- Directed By
- John M. Stahl
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 11, 1939 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Whittaker Chambers, TIME Magazine
When Tomorrow Comes is like a salty story washed out before the end.
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
as Helen
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Charles Boyer
as Philip Andre Durand
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Barbara O'Neil
as Madeleine Durand
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Onslow Stevens
as Holden Labor Organizer
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Nydia Westman
as Lulu Waitress
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Nella Walker
as Mme. Durand
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Fritz Feld
as Nicholas Butler
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Greta Meyer
as Madeline's Nurse Maid
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Harry C. Bradley
as Minister
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Milton Parsons
as Organist
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Eddie Acuff
as Bus Driver
- Dorothy Appleby
- Jane Barnes
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Gladys Blake
as Woman
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Wade Boteler
as Policeman
- Helen Brown
- Sonny Bupp
- Tommy Bupp
- Alden 'Stephen' Chase
- Inez Courtney
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Frank Darien
as Boathouse Caretaker
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William B. Davidson
as Army Captain
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John Dilson
as Man
- Claire Du Brey
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Edward Earle
as Assistant Manager
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Lillian Elliott
as Character Woman
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James Flavin
as Coast Guard Man
- Diana Gibson
- Dorothy Granger
- Greta Granstedt
- Vinton Haworth
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Howard Hickman
as Wealthy Man
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Otto Hoffman
as Farmer
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George Humbert
as Vendor
- Gordon Jones
- Edward Keane
- Mickey Kuhn
- Florence Lake
- Helen Lynd
- Helen MacKellar
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Jerry Marlowe
as Groom
- Mira McKinney
- Margaret McWade
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Constance Moore
as Bride
- Natalie Moorhead
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James C. Morton
as Chef
- Sally Payne
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Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton
as Busboy
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Addison Richards
as Refugee Leader
- Frances Robinson
- Virginia Sale
- Landers Stevens
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Milburn Stone
as Head Busboy
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Taylor Stanley
as Radio Technician
- Mary Treen
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Philip Trent
as Serviceman
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Emmett Vogan
as Headwaiter
- Ruth Warren
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Delmar Watson
as Boy
- Doris Weston
- Claire Whitney
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Dick Winslow
as Accordian Player
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Mary Field
as Waitress
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Hally Chester
as Newsboy
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Tom Dugan
as Bum
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Ted Offenbecker
as Farmer's Son
- Kitty McHugh
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Edward Peil Jr.
as Janitor
- Jenifer Gray
- Bobbe Trefts
