There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

Interesting facts

There's Always Tomorrow is a 1956 American romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay by Bernard C. Schoenfeld was adapted from the novel of the same name by Ursula Parrott. The plot concerns a man's unhappiness with his domestic life and romantic relationship with a former employee. The film was produced by Ross Hunter for Universal Pictures, which had also produced the 1934 adaptation of Parrott's novel. It was released in the United States on January 8, 1956.

Production notes

This film was Universal's second adaptation of Ursula Parrott's novel. The earlier film, directed by Edward Sloman, provided a rare early leading role for Frank Morgan and featured Binnie Barnes in the Stanwyck role and Lois Wilson in the Bennett role.

MacMurray and Stanwyck had costarred in three previous films: the Remember the Night (1940), Double Indemnity (1944) and The Moonlighter (1953).

Douglas Sirk wanted his version of There's Always Tomorrow to be filmed in color, but Universal refused. However, the studio granted Sirk's request to hire cinematographer Russell Metty.

The scenes in the film set at the fictional Palm Valley Inn were filmed at the Apple Valley Inn in Apple Valley, California.

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