Saturday's Children (1940)
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- Approved
- 1h 42min
- Drama, Romance
- 11 May 1940 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
| John Garfield | ... |
Rims Rosson
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| Anne Shirley | ... |
Bobby Halevy
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| Claude Rains | ... |
Henry Halevy
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| Roscoe Karns | ... |
Willie Sands
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| Lee Patrick | ... |
Florrie Sands
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| Dennie Moore | ... |
Gertrude Mills
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| George Tobias | ... |
Herbie Smith
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| Elisabeth Risdon | ... |
Myrtle Halevy
(as Elizabeth Risdon)
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| Berton Churchill | ... |
Mr. Norman
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eddie Borden | ... |
Clint (uncredited)
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| Tom Dugan | ... |
Second Carpenter (uncredited)
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| Lucile Fairbanks | ... |
Greenwich Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
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| Frank Faylen | ... |
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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| Sam Flint | ... |
City Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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Gus Glassmire | ... |
Joe (uncredited)
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| Creighton Hale | ... |
Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
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| Jack Mower | ... |
Mac (uncredited)
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| Nell O'Day | ... |
Girl at Party (uncredited)
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| George O'Hanlon | ... |
Office Worker at Party (uncredited)
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| Paul Panzer | ... |
Pete (uncredited)
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| John Qualen | ... |
First Carpenter (uncredited)
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| John Ridgely | ... |
Mr. MacReady (uncredited) (voice)
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| Margot Stevenson | ... |
Mrs. MacReady (uncredited) (voice)
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Claude Wisberg | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Jack Wise | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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| Maris Wrixon | ... |
City Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Vincent Sherman | ||
Written by
| Julius J. Epstein | ... | (screen play) and |
| Philip G. Epstein | ... | (screen play) |
| Maxwell Anderson | ... | (based on the Pulitzer Prize play by) |
Produced by
| Henry Blanke | ... | associate producer |
| Hal B. Wallis | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Adolph Deutsch | ||
Cinematography by
| James Wong Howe | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Owen Marks | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
| Hugh Reticker | ||
Costume Design by
| Milo Anderson | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
| Perc Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Jack L. Warner | ... | in charge of production |
| Lee Hugunin | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Elmer Decker | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| C.A. Riggs | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
| Robert Burks | ... | special effects |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
| Irving Rapper | ... | dialogue director |
| John C. Flinn Jr. | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. (A Warner Bros. - First National Picture)
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1940) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1940) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1940) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- RCA (sound system)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming up with one useless invention after another, fall in love and get married. The marriage is despite Bobby treating this, her first job, as an experience like everything she does and not as a means to become a "Mrs." like many other women, such as her colleague Gert Mills, seem to do. And on the advice of her older game-playing married sister Florrie Sands, Bobby also resorted to "tricks", so unlike the way she usually acts, to get Rims to marry her instead of he accepting his dream job in the Philippines to pursue one of his more practical invention ideas. Although they love each other, Bobby and Rims hit one hurdle after another as wife and husband, those hurdles largely outside of their control. As such, Bobby has to decide what to do to bring happiness back into her and Rims' lives, those actions which may make her resort to further games. Beyond having Florrie and her husband Willie Sands and her parents' own marriages as examples, each couple who truly loves each other despite their own problems, Bobby will also have the direct advice of both Florrie and her father Henry Halevy, a bookkeeper at Martin who has always had his own special thoughts of what he has wanted for his youngest daughter. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | Young, Married, Poor...and Proud of it! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | As they do in this movie, Claude Rains and John Garfield previously portrayed father/son-in-law in Four Daughters (1938). See more » |
| Goofs | Anne Shirley gives John Garfield the number combination to open his door-lock invention (made with a telephone dial), but Garfield dials a completely different number to open it. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The John Garfield Story (2003). See more » |
| Soundtracks | La Cucaracha See more » |
| Quotes |
Willie Sands:
Two can live as cheap as one... if one don't eat! See more » |