There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
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Vintage Los Feliz - American Cinematheque
1822 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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Synopsis
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Fred MacMurray
- Joan Bennett
- William Reynolds
- Pat Crowley
- Gigi Perreau
- Jane Darwell
- Race Gentry
- Myrna Hansen
- Judy Nugent
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- Sep 6, 2021
Vague spoilers ahead. Douglas Sirk makes movies about suffering. Suffering that is intense and pointed, yes, but it's also suffering that, often, comes from within; suffering that begins only when his characters open their eyes, and realize with horror that they've been…
sakana1Aug 31, 2020Don’t let its toy shop setting fool you. Douglas Sirk’s “There’s Always Tomorrow” is one of the most complex depictions of married life ever written for the screen. Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Bennett and Fred MacMurray fumble nightmarishly through the middle stages of…
theriverjordanFeb 14, 2023Domesticity is a prison.
Angelica Jade Bastién🪼🌷 - Apr 2, 2020
making barbara stanwyck cry should be illegal
eelyApr 4, 2020Probably Douglas Sirk's darkest and cruelest melodrama. I'm shocked he got away with it, seeing how scathing it is of heteronormative gender roles and suburbia. Stanwyck and MacMurray are paired again, teaming up for yet another masterpiece after Remember the Night and…
Zoë 🐛Nov 6, 2018If I’ve learnt anything from Douglas Sirk it is to never ever have children
wilson - Aug 3, 2020
incredibly moving film about being stuck in a rut or never having a rut to be stuck in. it lacks all judgement, no one is a bad person - Sirk understands these people and their impulses enough to let them lie in ambiguity. MacMurray and his percolating desire is…
ShawnGlinisNov 24, 2025more glorious hetero-pessimism from the great genius douglas sirk: personal happiness is the price paid for the 'ideal' of the nuclear family. there is something terribly cruel about fred macmurray's children and wife, how no matter what happens they never obtain any…
comrade_yuiJul 20, 2026cracking my knuckles and writing an essay about why you should double feature this with Safe here's me fangirling over barbara stanwyck for 2+ hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMtLXA-E8Q
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Metacritic
Douglas Sirk is best known for his highly stylized Technicolor melodramas, but he also did superlative work in restrained black and white. There’s Always Tomorrow (1955) is a virtuoso study in tones, ranging from the blinding sunlight of a desert resort to the expressionist shadows of the suburban home where Fred MacMurray lives in unhappy union with Joan Bennett.
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
What happens next is cut to order—routine procedure, as they say.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
In contrast to the typical stoic masculinity of fifties Hollywood, this is “A Doll’s House” for the sensitive, passionate married man.
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956)?
The movie is 1hr 24min long.
What's There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956) about?
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Who's the cast of There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956)?
- Barbara Stanwyck as Norma Miller Vale
- Fred MacMurray as Clifford Groves
- Joan Bennett as Marion Groves
- William Reynolds as Vinnie Groves
- Pat Crowley as Ann
- Gigi Perreau as Ellen Groves
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Rogers
- Race Gentry as Bob
- Myrna Hansen as Ruth
- Judy Nugent as Frances (Frankie) Groves
Who's the director behind There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956)?
Douglas Sirk directed There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956).
Who produced There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956)?
Ross Hunter produced There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (1956).
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