From This Day Forward

Name: From This Day Forward
Genre: Romance, Drama, War
Released: 1946-03-02
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 5.4

★ 5,4 /10 (13 Votes)

1946 EN 95 min

Overview

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.

Release date

02/03/1946

Votes

Popularity

1.1

EVERY DAY LOVE! EVERY DAY LIFE!

Genres

Romance Drama War

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

95 min

Joan Fontaine

Susan

Mark Stevens

Bill Cummings

Rosemary DeCamp

Martha Beesley

Harry Morgan

Hank Beesley

Wally Brown

Jake Beesley

Arline Judge

Margie Beesley

Renny McEvoy

Charlie Beesley

Bobby Driscoll

Billy Beesley

Mary Treen

Alice Beesley

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Doreen McCann

Barbara Beesley

Erskine Sanford

Higgler

Queenie Smith

Mrs. Beesley

Carol Forman

Counselor in Unemployment Office

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Polly Bailey

Manageress

Bobby Barber

Ice Man

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John Barton

Bartender

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Guy Beach

Magistrate

Chet Brandenburg

Pedestrian on Sidewalk

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Charles Campbell

Clerk

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Doria Caron

Dispatcher

William Challee

Pawnbroker

Ellen Corby

Mother

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Russell Custer

Police Officer

Johnny Duncan

Young Lieutenant

Ralph Dunn

Bailiff

Blake Edwards

Night Club Patron

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Virginia Engels

Woman in Window

Jack Gargan

Milkman

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Sally Gordon

Girl on Bridge

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Vincent Graeff

Boy

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Erick Hanson

Attorney

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Manny Harmon

Orchestra Leader

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Alf Haugen

Man in Bar

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Timmy Hawkins

Boy

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Pat Hennigan

Boy

Jimmie Horan

Man in Line

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John Indrisano

John

Milton Kibbee

Factory Foreman

Ethan Laidlaw

Worker

Sam Lufkin

Husband

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Tex Mooney

Bouncer

Ida Moore

Hairdresser

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Mike Morelli

Mike

Frances Morris

Hoffman's Secretary

Theodore Newton

Mr. Brewer

Tommy Noonan

Maxie

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Anton Northpole

Anton

Moroni Olsen

Tim Bagley

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Rose Plumer

Mrs. Gumel

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Patricia Prest

Little Girl

Bill Raisch

Man in Employment Office / Bar Patron

Joey Ray

District Attorney

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Amelia Romano

Nurse

Shimen Ruskin

Artist in Shop

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Lucille Sayre

Dance Instructor

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Doreen Tryden

Singer

Charles Wagenheim

Hoffman

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Alan Ward

Detective

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All Brides are Beautiful. From This Day Forward is directed by John Berry and adapted to screenplay by Garson Kanin and Hugo Butler from the novel All Brides are Beautiful written by Thomas Bell. It stars Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, Wally Brown, Arline Judge and Renny McEvoy. Music is by Leigh Harline and cinematography by George Barnes. Rom-Dram that finds Stevens and Fontaine as a young couple struggling with the perils and optimism of post-war life. Story unfolds in flashback as Stevens reminisces about how he met Fontaine and their subsequent…

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Try as she might, Joan Fontaine just cannot make a silk purse from the sow's ear on show here from John Berry. She portrays "Susan", a young assistant in a bookshop who has married "Bill" (Mark Stevens). Flashback fills in the gaps as this young couple meet and fall in love before WWII intervenes and when he returns, the pair must adjust to post war life. The film effectively illustrates the difficulties faced by returning soldiers, and of their spouses and families, as they all try to adapt to their new circumstances. For "Bill", that involves dealing with the ennui (I suppose it might be con…

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