Looking Forward (1933)
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Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
- Date of release
- 1933-04-28
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Clarence Brown
Casting
- Lionel Barrymore — Tim Benton
- Lewis Stone — Gabriel Service Sr.
- Benita Hume — Mrs. Isobel Service
- Elizabeth Allan — Caroline Service
- Phillips Holmes — Michael Service
- Colin Clive — Geoffrey Fielding
- Alec B. Francis — Mr. Birkenshaw
- Doris Lloyd — Lil Benton
- Halliwell Hobbes — Mr. James Felton
- Douglas Walton — Willie Benton
- Viva Tattersall — Elsie Benton
- Lawrence Grant — Philip Bendicott
Interesting facts
Looking Forward is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown starring Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Benita Hume. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The sets and costumes were designed by studio regulars Cedric Gibbons and Adrian. Based on the 1932 Dodie Smith play Service, it depicts the desperate struggle of a London department store owner to save his business during the Great Depression. The film's title was taken from a book by the newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is quoted in the film's prologue.
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