''One Man's Journey'' is a 1933 American

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starring Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Eli Watt. The picture was based on the short story ''Failure'' written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor. It was remade by RKO as ''

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'' (1938). The story tells of a small-town doctor working under difficult circumstances in a rural area somewhere in the

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Reception

The film was popular at the box office.Churchill, Douglas W
"The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era
''New York Times'' ew York, NY December 30, 1934: p. X5; retrieved December 16, 2013.

Preservation status

In April 2007,

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(TCM) premiered six films produced by Merian C. Cooper at RKO which had been out of distribution for more than 50 years. (A retired RKO executive stated in an interview used as a promo on TCM for the premiere that Cooper did allow the films to be shown in 1955–1956 in a limited re-release and only in New York City.) According to TCM host Robert Osborne, Cooper agreed to a legal settlement in 1946, after accusing RKO of not giving him all the money due him from his producer's contract in the 1930s. The settlement gave Cooper complete ownership of six titles: ''

Rafter Romance ''Rafter Romance'' is an American 1933 Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film, which was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by John Wells, stars Ginger ...

'' (1933), '' Double Harness'' (1933), '' The Right to Romance'' (1933), ''One Man's Journey'' (1933), ''

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'' (1934), ''

Living on Love ''Living on Love'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures. Directed by Lew Landers, it stars James Dunn, Whitney Bourne, and Joan Woodbury. The film is a remake of the RKO film ''Rafter Romance'' (1933). It is on ...

'' (1937), and ''

'' (1938). When Turner Broadcasting bought the RKO film library in 1987, the six films were not included and the rights had to be purchased separately. The film's remake, ''A Man To Remember'', was unable to be found. The original copies of the film's negative were destroyed due to negligence and the film was thought to have been lost forever. However, a 35mm, original nitrate print with Dutch subtitles was discovered in the Netherlands. It is the only known surviving copy and was restored by TCM. In 2000, ''A Man to Remember'' was preserved by the Netherlands Film Museum.

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