''Always in My Heart'' is a 1942 American
drama film
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directed by Jo Graham and starring
Kay Francis
Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 an ...
and
. The song "Siempre en Mi Corazón" ("Always in My Heart"), by
Ernesto Lecuona
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(music and Spanish lyrics) and Kim Gannon (English lyrics) was nominated for an
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for
Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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.
Plot summary
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.
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Cast
* Kay Francis
Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 an ...
as Marjorie 'Mudge' Scott
* as MacKenzie 'Mac' Scott
* Gloria Warren
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as Victoria 'Vickie' Scott
* Diana Hale
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as Booley, Angie's Granddaughter (credited as Patty Hale)
* Frankie Thomas
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as Martin 'Marty' Scott
* Una O'Connor as Angie, Scotts' Housekeeper
* Sidney Blackmer
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as Philip Ames
* Armida
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as Lolita
* Frank Puglia
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as Joe Borelli
* Russell Arms
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as Red
* Anthony Caruso as Frank
* Elvira Curci as Rosita Borelli
* John Hamilton as Warden
* Harry Lewis as Steve
* Herbert Gunn as Dick
* Borrah Minevitch as Blackie
* The Harmonica Rascals as Themselves
Box office
The film earned $524,000 in the US and Canada and $1,574,000 elsewhere.
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1942 films
1942 drama films
American black-and-white films
American drama films
1940s English-language films
American films based on plays
Films set in California
Warner Bros. films
Films scored by Heinz Roemheld
Films directed by Jo Graham
1940s American films
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