The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
Cast
- Charles FarrellPeter Piper
- Marian NixonSidney Taylor
- Minna GombellElse Taylor
- William Collier Sr.Willie Taylor
- Josephine HullMrs. Piper
- William PawleyMalcolm Jarvis
- Greta GranstedtBetty
- Ferdinand MunierMr. Beardsley
- Nora LaneFlorence Blandy
- John ArledgeOffice Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest
- Lita ChevretOffice Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest
- Ben HallSoad Jerk
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Themes
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