Rent When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
3.5 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Romance and heartbreak walk hand-in-hand when Philip Chagal (Charles Boyer) accidentally meets Helen Lawrence (Irene Dunne) in a restaurant where she is a waitress. Unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness, he is attracted to her and they make a date to go sailing, arriving at Philip's country home just as a storm is breaking. Helen learns who he is for the first time, a celebrated-and-famous concert pianist and, falling in love with him, decides to leave before matters go further. A hurricane hits and their car is crippled by a falling tree. Rising water forces then to seek shelter in the choir loft of a church, where they spend the night. They are rescued in the morning and Helen meets Philip's wife, and learns their story. Helen and Philip meet once more, and Philip sails to Europe with his wife but promises to come back some day. - Actors:
- Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens, Nydia Westman, Nella Walker, Fritz Feld, Eddie Acuff, Maude Allen, Dorothy Appleby, Jane Barnes, Georgie Billings, Gladys Blake, Stanley Blystone, Wade Boteler, Harry C. Bradley, Helen Brown, Sonny Bupp, Tommy Bupp, George Burton
- Directors:
- John M. Stahl
- Producers:
- John M. Stahl
- Writers:
- James M. Cain, Dwight Taylor, Herbert J. Biberman, Aben Kandel, Charles Kaufman, John Francis Larkin
- Others:
- Bernard B. Brown
- Aka:
- Give Us the Night / Modern Cinderella
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2024
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2024)
- Stormy Weather (2024, 20 mins): writer and critic Geoff Andrew assesses 'When Tomorrow Comes' and its place within the career of producer-director John M Stahl
- The Mark of Cain (2024, 21 mins): critic Michael Brooke discusses the great hard-boiled crime novelist James M Cain, whose 1938 magazine serial A Modem Cinderella inspired 'When Tomorrow Comes' and its two remakes
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- Script gallery: complete dialogue and continuity screenplay
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
