When Tomorrow Comes (film)

When Tomorrow Comes
Directed by	John M. Stahl
Produced by	John M. Stahl
Screenplay by	Dwight Taylor
Story by	James M. Cain; "A Modern Cinderella"
Starring	Irene Dunne; Charles Boyer
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 11, 1939 (United States);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million[1][2]

When Tomorrow Comes is a 1939 American romantic drama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. The screenplay concerns a waitress who falls in love with a man who later turns out to be a married concert pianist. Bernard B. Brown won the Academy Award for Best Sound.[3]

A scene in the film where the two protagonists take refuge from a storm in a church was the subject of Cain v. Universal Pictures, a case in which the writer James M. Cain sued Universal Pictures, the scriptwriter and the director for copyright infringement. Judge Leon Rene Yankwich ruled that there was no resemblance between the scenes in the book and the film other than incidental "scènes à faire", or natural similarities due to the situation, establishing an important legal precedent.[4]

Premise

A married pianist (Charles Boyer) deserts his mentally troubled wife when he falls in love with a pretty waitress (Irene Dunne).

Cast

Irene Dunne as Helen Lawrence
Charles Boyer as Philip Chagal
Barbara O'Neil as Madeleine Chagal
Onslow Stevens as Jim Holden
Nydia Westman as Lulu
Nella Walker as Betty Dumont
Fritz Feld as Nicholas

References

"1939 Hollywood Toppers". Variety. 3 January 1940. p. 28.
Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116.
"The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
Yankwich, Leon Rene (December 14, 1942). "CAIN v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., Inc., et al". District Court, S. D. California, Central Division. Retrieved 2012-06-20.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

When Tomorrow Comes on IMDb
When Tomorrow Comes at the TCM Movie Database
When Tomorrow Comes at AllMovie

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[1] "1939 Hollywood Toppers". Variety. 3 January 1940. p. 28.

[dick-2] Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116.

[Oscars1940-3] "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[4] Yankwich, Leon Rene (December 14, 1942). "CAIN v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., Inc., et al". District Court, S. D. California, Central Division. Retrieved 2012-06-20.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)