Joy in the Morning

Joy in the Morning (1965)

Love is more than a good night kiss!

Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country - and Carl's parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he's at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl's angry parents, Carl's jealousy, and Annie's own problems with her sexuality.

Date of release
1965-05-05
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Alex Segal

Casting

Interesting facts

Joy in the Morning is a 1965 American romance film starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux and directed by Alex Segal. Adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Betty Smith, the film tells the story of a young newlywed couple, Carl and Annie Brown, who marry against their parents' wishes while Carl is still in law school and struggle to maintain their relationship.

Production

The film was based on the 1963 novel by Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Joy in the Morning, Smith's fourth and last novel, was based on her life; she married during the Depression and lived near campus while her husband studied law. "I had to return to that background", she said. "That's where I was born." (The marriage later ended in divorce.)

Film rights were bought by MGM in June 1963 for a minimum of $100,000. In January 1964, the lead role was given to Richard Chamberlain, who was at that time a teen idol and the star of the MGM TV series Dr. Kildare. His co-star was Yvette Mimieux, who was also under contract to MGM and had played Chamberlain's love interest in a two-part episode of Dr. Kildare.

Filming began in May 1964. Producer Henry Weinstein said he wanted to make a romance in the James Stewart–Margaret Sullavan tradition. Mimieux called the film "light and charming".

The film's score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Chamberlain performed the title song, "Joy in the Morning", which was released as a single and included on his 1964 album Richard Chamberlain.

Chris Noel, who played a college student, wrote a book with editor and designer Kirk Kimball about the making of the film titled Filming Joy in the Morning: Behind the Scenes with Richard Chamberlain.

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