From This Day Forward
Time Out says
As Sgt Stevens endures the bureaucracy of demobilisation he remembers the '30s - privation, unemployment, insecurity - the past which must never return. Such strands as post-war optimism, the impact of neo-realism, the socialist convictions of director and chief writer (Butler), both blacklist-bound, can easily be picked out. But as ever when Hollywood tried to engage with everyday realities, the trade off came in glamourisation - syrupy music, Fontaine (as Stevens' wife) never looking less than a film star, and an idea of poverty that must have irritated many audiences on home ground, never mind in Europe. It's surprisingly vigorous but you do have to keep making allowances. From the novel All Brides Are Beautiful by Thomas Bell.
Details
Release details
Duration:
95 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
John Berry
Screenwriter:
Hugo Butler, Garson Kanin, Edith Sommer, Charles Schnee
Cast:
Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
Rosemary DeCamp
Henry Morgan
Arline Judge
Bobby Driscoll
Mark Stevens
Rosemary DeCamp
Henry Morgan
Arline Judge
Bobby Driscoll