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There's Always Tomorrow (1956 Film)
''There's Always Tomorrow'' is a 1956 American romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay by Bernard C. Schoenfeld was adapted from the novel of the same name by Ursula Parrott. The plot concerns a man's unhappiness with his domestic life and romantic relationship with a former employee. The film was produced by Ross Hunter for Universal Pictures, which had also produced the 1934 adaptation of Parrott's novel. It was released in the United States on January 8, 1956. Plot Toy manufacturer Clifford Groves lives a routine life in Pasadena. His three adolescent children, son Vinnie and daughters Ellen and Frankie, and his wife Marion pay him little attention. One night while Cliff is alone at home, Norma Miller, one of his first employees whom he has not seen for 20 years, makes a surprise visit. They go to the theater, using tickets that Cliff had bought for Marion and himself. Leaving at intermi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Poster
A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermine Sterler
Minna Stern (20 March 1894 – 25 May 1982), known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents. Career Sterler, who appeared in several Hollywood films, was once affiliated with the Burgtheater in Vienna. She debuted in 1918 at the Residenztheater Hannover and later performed in Berlin, where she appeared at the Kleinen Theater ("Little Theater"). She played a saloon lady and, from 1921, often appeared in German silent film. She flourished as a character actor in roles of young wives and mothers. In 1930, she appeared as Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna in '' Rasputin, Demon with Women''. In 1933, a German government decree was enacted by Joseph Goebbels under the auspices of a newly created agency called Die Reichskulturkammer. The decree stipulated that Jewish actors were, among other things, prohibited from performing on German stage. Sterler, who was a Jew, relocated to Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Bromley
Sheila Bromley (born Louise Fulton; October 31, 1907 – July 23, 2003), also billed early in her career as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Mannors or Sheila Manors, was an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles in B-movies, mostly Westerns of the era. Early years Louise Fulton was born in San Francisco, California. She attended Hollywood High School, and her first acting experience came at the Pasadena Playhouse. She was a Miss California. Career Bromley began her career in the early 1930s on contract with Monogram Pictures, she was first billed as Sheila LeGay starring in 1930 westerns alongside Tom Tyler. She frequently co-starred with Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Cody, and Dick Foran. She first starred alongside Bill Cody in the 1932 western ''Land of Wanted Men''. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 films '' Westward Ho'' & '' Lawless Range'' and the 1937 film '' Idol of the Crowds''. Bromley appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Mercer
Frances Mercer (October 21, 1915 – November 5, 2000) was an American film actress. Biography Mercer was born in New Rochelle, New York, on October 21, 1915. Her father was sports writer Sid Mercer. From beginning modeling as a teenager, she became one of New York's leading models before she turned to acting in the late 1930s. Her film debut was in ''Vivacious Lady'' (1938), and she debuted on Broadway in ''Very Warm for May'' (1939). She was featured on the cover of ''Redbook'' magazine's October 1940 issue. She appeared in the films ''Blind Alibi'', ''Crime Ring'', '' Smashing the Rackets'', ''The Mad Miss Manton'', ''Annabel Takes a Tour'', ''Beauty for the Asking'', '' Society Lawyer'', ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'', '' Piccadilly Incident'', '' There's Always Tomorrow'' and ''Young and Dangerous''. Television series in which Mercer appeared included '' For Better or Worse'' and ''Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal''. She had a radio program, ''Sunday Night at Nine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Kleeb
Helen Kleeb (January 6, 1907 – December 28, 2003) was an American film and television actress. In a career covering nearly 50 years, she may be best known for her role from 1972 to 1981 as Miss Mamie Baldwin on the family drama ''The Waltons''. Early life and career Kleeb began acting on stage in Portland, Oregon, late in the 1920s, where she attended the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music. She also gained her first radio experience in Portland. From 1949 to 1951, she performed voices for the radio program '' Candy Matson''. In 1956–1957, Kleeb guest-starred on '' Hey, Jeannie!,'' starring Jeannie Carson. In the 1960–1961 television season, Kleeb appeared as Miss Claridge, a legal secretary, on the sitcom '' Harrigan and Son''. She appeared in episodes of '' Dennis the Menace'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''Pete and Gladys'', '' Hennesey'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''The Virginian'' (Season 7, Episode 13, The Big Tiny), ''Get Smart'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Green Acres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Smith (American Comedy Actor)
Arthur Paul Smith (February 5, 1929 – March 3, 2006) was an American comic character actor with a perpetually perplexed or, alternatively, bemused expression, who, during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, appeared in scores of television episodes, primarily sitcoms, including regular roles in five series, and was also seen in numerous theatrical features, television films and commercials, frequently in brief, sometimes unbilled, comedic bits. He is perhaps best known for playing associate editor Ron Harvey on ''The Doris Day Show'' (1969—1971). Acting career during the 1950s Born in Pennsylvania's second-largest city, Pittsburgh, Arthur Paul Smith moved to Los Angeles and, by the time of his 22nd birthday in 1951, began a 31-year acting career which lasted until his retirement, at age 53, in 1982. During the 1950s, he was seen in twenty-four theatrical features, from 1951's '' I Want You'' to 1959's '' The FBI Story'', with his work in thirteen of those being uncredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Nugent
Judy Ann Nugent (August 22, 1940 – October 26, 2023) was an American actress. Early life Judy Ann Nugent was born on August 22, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Carl Leon Nugent and Lucille Jane Redd. Her older sister, Carol Nugent, also became an actress."Culver Has a New Movie Starlet in Blonde 6-Year-Old Carol Nugent" ''Evening Vanguard''. January 28, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved August 13, 2023."Obituaries: Carl L. Nugent" ''Bozeman Daily Chronicle''. p. 6. Retrieved August 13, 2023. Career Nugent was a chi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Hansen
Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953. Education Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Before competing in the Miss Universe 1953, 1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandry in Colorado. She had mailed her tuition for admission to college, aspiring to become a veterinarian. Beauty contestant Hansen was chosen as Miss Photoflash of 1953 by the Chicago Press Photographers Association. She was entered in the Miss USA contest by virtue of winning this title. She was 5'7" tall and weighed 125 pounds. Her measurements included a 37-inch bust, 25-inch waist, and 35-inch hips. She is a blonde with brown eyes. By the end of 1955, her bust had increased by an inch. Her measurements read 38-25-35. For winning the Miss USA crown, Hansen was awarded a Hillman Minx convertible, a Universa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's '' The Grapes of Wrath'', for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Born to William Robert Woodard, president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen Booth Woodard in Palmyra, Missouri, Darwell originally intended to become a circus rider, then later an opera singer. Her father, however, objected to those career plans, so she compromised by becoming an actress, changing her name to Darwell to avoid sullying the family name. The Jane Darwell Birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Some sources give Darwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasadena
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. Its population was 138,699 at the 2020 census, making it the 45th-largest city in California and the ninth-largest in Los Angeles County. Pasadena was incorporated on June 19, 1886, 36 years after the city of Los Angeles but still one of the first in what is now Los Angeles County. Pasadena is home to many scientific, educational, and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena City College, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Fuller Theological Seminary, Theosophical Society, Parsons Corporation, Art Center College of Design, the Planetary Society, Pasadena Playhouse, the Ambassador Auditorium, the Norton Simon Museum, and the USC Pacific Asia Museum. Pasadena hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's Always Tomorrow (1934 Film)
''There's Always Tomorrow'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by William Hurlbut. The film stars Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson, Louise Latimer, Elizabeth Young and Alan Hale Sr. The film was released on November 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures. Plot Joseph White is disappointed when his wife Sophie decides to stay home with their five grown children rather than celebrate their wedding anniversary with him, as she constantly neglects him. That night, Joseph is unable to find a quiet spot in the house where he can read his newspaper and ends up on the porch. Alice Vail, Joseph's former secretary, comes to the house and surprises Joseph, whom she has not seen for years. Alice and Joseph fell in love when they worked together, but never consummated the relationship, and Alice left for Europe. Joseph is delighted with her company and while he goes in the house to get a coat, Alice meets his youngest daughter Marjorie, who tells her how her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
