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And Now Tomorrow ()


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A wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.

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Doctor Merek Vance
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Emily Blair
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Janice Blair
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Jeff Stoddard
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Aunt Em
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Doctor Weeks
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Uncle Wallace
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Angeletta Gallo
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Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Frightened Boy (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon ...
Bobby (uncredited)
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Episcopalian Minister (uncredited)
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Jan Vankovitch (uncredited)
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Meeker (uncredited)
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Emily - Age 7 (uncredited)
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Peter Gallo (uncredited)
Russ Clark ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)
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Mr. Meade (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)
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Janice - Age 4 (uncredited)
Gloria Donovan ...
7-Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
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Maid of Honor (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Mrs. Vankovitch (uncredited)
Betty Farrington ...
Mrs. Blodgett (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Joseph Granby ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Dr. Sloane (uncredited)
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Customer Eating at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
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Joe (uncredited)
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Santa Claus (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
Stan Johnson ...
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Connie Leon ...
Hester (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
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Man in Tails (uncredited)
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Mrs. Raines (uncredited)
L.J. O'Connor ...
Conductor (uncredited)
Constance Purdy ...
Carrie (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin ...
Dr. Vance - Age 13 (uncredited)
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Best Man / Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Mr. Raines (uncredited)
Bunny Sunshine ...
4 Year Old Girl at Gallo Home (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
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Charlie (uncredited)
Robert Wilber ...
Mill Worker / Baggage Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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Irving Pichel

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Frank Partos ... (screen play) and
Raymond Chandler ... (screen play)
 
Rachel Field ... (novel)

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Fred Kohlmar ... associate producer

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Victor Young

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Daniel L. Fapp ... director of photography

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Duncan Mansfield

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Hans Dreier
Hal Pereira

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Ted von Hemert

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Edith Head

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

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Oscar Rudolph ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Earl S. Hayman ... sound recordist (as Earl Hayman)
Joel Moss ... sound recordist

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography

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Jimmie Dundee ... stunts (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum to cure deafness which he tries on Emily. It doesn't work. Her sister is carrying on an affair with her fiance Jeff. Vance tries a new serum which causes Emily to faint... Will it work this time ? Written by Ed Stephan

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Also Known As
  • Prisoners of Hope (United States)
  • Rachel Field's And Now Tomorrow (United States)
  • Et il y a demain (France)
  • Le bonheur est pour demain (France)
  • El porvenir es nuestro (Spain)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Phoenix Thursday 12 February 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), followed by Milwaukee 16 May 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), by Minneapolis 7 July 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), by Asheville 30 August 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), by Pittsburgh 8 October 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), by Omaha 2 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), by Johnstown 19 November 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6), by St. Louis 11 December 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4), and by Detroit 18 December 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2). It was released on DVD 1 March 2016 as part of the Universal Vault Series. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995). See more »
Quotes Emily Blair: You're not very polite this afternoon, are you?
Doctor Merek Vance: About average for me, Miss Blair, about average.
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