There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

Bernard C. Schoenfeld (screenplay)
Ursula Parrott (story)

Release Date:

February 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.

Plot Keywords:

Toy | Children | Old Flame | Remake | Horseback Riding

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Norma Miller Vale
Fred MacMurray	...	Clifford Groves
Joan Bennett	...	Marion Groves
William Reynolds	...	Vinnie Groves
Pat Crowley	...	Ann
Gigi Perreau	...	Ellen Groves
Jane Darwell	...	Mrs. Rogers
Race Gentry	...	Bob
Myrna Hansen	...	Ruth
Judy Nugent	...	Frances (Frankie) Groves
Paul Smith	...	Bellboy
Helen Kleeb	...	Miss Walker
Jane Howard	...	Flower Girl
Frances Mercer	...	Ruth Doran
Sheila Bromley	...	Woman from Pasadena
Dorothy Bruce	...	Sales Manager
Hermine Sterler	...	Tourist's Wife
Fred Nurney	...	Tourist
Hal Smith	...	Bartender
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Byron	...	Miss Byron - Saleswoman (uncredited)
Jack Chefe	...	Waiter (uncredited)
June Clayworth	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Bert Holland	...	Clerk (uncredited)
Ross Hunter	...	Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Vonne Lester	...	Junior Executive (uncredited)
Jack Lomas	...	Pianist (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer	...	Chic Lady with Dog (uncredited)
Richard Mayer	...	Mr. Mayer - Customer (uncredited)
Patrick Miller	...	Groom (uncredited)
Carlyle Mitchell	...	Mr. Carl (uncredited)
James Rawley	...	Jack - Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Man in Audience (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Resort Guest (uncredited)
Loreli Vitek	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Mack Williams	...	Norma's Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Directed by
Douglas Sirk

Writing credits
Bernard C. Schoenfeld		(screenplay)
Ursula Parrott		(story)

Produced by
Ross Hunter	....	producer

Original Music by
Heinz Roemheld
Herman Stein

Cinematography by
Russell Metty		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Morgan		(as William M. Morgan)

Art Direction by
Alexander Golitzen
Eric Orbom

Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman
Julia Heron

Costume Design by
Jay A. Morley Jr.		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger	....	hair stylist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph E. Kenney	....	assistant director (as Joseph E. Kenny)
Gordon McLean	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound
Joe Lapis	....	sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joan Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Jack Daniels	....	dialogue supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1956) (USA) (theatrical)
• Eureka Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (The Barbara Stanwyck Collection)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Apple Valley Inn - Apple Valley Inn Road, Apple Valley, California, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Quotes:

Norma Miller Vale:I guess that's the hardest job to learn in the whole world... how to give love and expect nothing in return.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Perspectives on the American Family: Allison Anders on Douglas Sirk's 'There's Always Tomorrow' (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Blue Moon

Heaven does not allow everything.

Coming,in Sirk's career ,just after "All that Heaven allows" ,it looks like its twin movie.Unlike "Written on the wind" or "Imitation of life" or "Magnificent obsession" ,it's not melodrama.It's closer to realistic psychological drama.More than the lingering charm of a romantic past (Blue Moon/You saw me standing alone/Without a love of my own),Sirk focuses on the selfishness of the children.Remember in "All that Heaven..." how the son and the daughter could not admit that their mother (of the upper class) should fall in love with a gardener and how they bought her a TV set where she only could see the reflection of her loneliness.Here the boy's attitude is not far from that: a spoiled child -as his sisters are- ,only concerned by his studies and his love affair,he does not care if his papa has become a nine-to-five man ,useful only for the dough he brings home,a life no more exciting than that of the toy robot he sells.Barbara Stanwyck 's role recalls the 1953 effort "all I desire" : the return of the woman,be she legitimate or a former flame.But in "there's always tomorrow",one can notice one of the permanent features of melodrama though: the woman who turns her back on love and becomes a successful businesswoman (or star) (see also the end of "written on the wind" "imitation of life" or Stahl's "only yesterday")