This week’s mystery movie was the 1946 Warner Bros. film One More Tomorrow, with Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner, John Loder, Marjorie Gateson, Thurston Hall and John Abbott.
Screenplay by Charles Hoffman and Catherine Turney.
Additional dialogue by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein.
Based on a play by Philip Barry.
Photographed by Bert Glennon.
Edited by David Weisbart.
Sound by Dolph Thomas.
Art Direction by Anton Grot.
Set decorations by George James Hopkins.
Gowns by Milo Anderson.
Makeup by Perc Westmore.
Musical direction by Leo F. Forbstein.
Music by Max Steiner.
Produced by Benjamin Glazer.
Directed by Peter Godfrey.
Further information on One More Tomorrow is available from the AFI Catalog.
One More Tomorrow is not commercially available, though it can be located in a gray market release. It aired on TCM in February, according to the increasingly outdated fan database.
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As a few a people realized, One More Tomorrow is a remake of the previous mystery movie The Animal Kingdom, both based on the Broadway play.
Because it’s based on a play I’m going to guess that Bosley Crowther liked it with the usual Bosley quibbles.
Uh-oh. It’s one of the alphabet critics (TMP – possibly Thomas M. Pryor) and he hated it because, of course, the Broadway stage is far superior to the humble medium of film. (The New York Times, May 25, 1946):
It took four of the Warner’s best script writers to rewrite the Philip Barry play The Animal Kingdom into the motion picture called One More Tomorrow, which opened yesterday at the Strand. Yet out of all this effort on the part of the Epstein Brothers (Julius J. and Philip G.), Charles Hoffman and Catherine Turney has come a film which only serves to prove how far superior Mr. Barry was at turning a sharp, meaningful phrase. The scenarists have retained only the basic framework of the play and that they have modernized by bringing the action forward to 1939.
Note: The Animal Kingdom closed on Broadway in June 1932, so the reviewer must have a very long memory and assume that his readers have equally vivid recall.
For Monday, we have a mystery fellow.
Update: This is Jesse Graves and Dennis Morgan as Top of the Head Guy.
For “tricky Tuesday,” we have a mysterious photographer. She does not approve of such goings-on.
Update: This is Ann Sheridan as Behind the Camera Woman.
This is “Hm Wednesday,” but a bit tricky all the same. Two of our mystery guests do not approve of such goings-on.
Update: This is John Loder, left, Thurston Hall and Jack Carson as Behind the Martini Guy.
Brain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Jenny M. (Tuesday’s mysterious photographer) and Mary Mallory (mystery movie and all mystery guests).
For “Aha Thursday,” we have a mystery fellow and a mysterious companion.
Update: This is Reginald Gardiner and Jane Wyman.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Wednesday’s mysterious trio), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mysterious trio), Sylvia E. (No. 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio), Jenny M. (mystery movie and Nos. 1 and 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio), B.J. Merholz (No. 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio), Sheila (No. 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio), Roget-L.A. (No. 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio) and Mike Hawks (No. 2 of Wednesday’s mysterious trio).
For Friday we have a…. hey, wait. You’re not a Friday person. You’re a Monday person!
Update: This is Danny Jackson as Monday mystery guest interloper.
We also have this mysterious couple.
Update: This is Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan.
We also have this mysterious couple.
Update: This is Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mysterious duo), Floyd Thursby (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mysterious man No. 2 and Thursday’s mystery duo), Blackwing Jenny (mystery movie and Thursday’s mysterious duo), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mysterious duo), Richard Wegescheide (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery duo), Suzanne Stone (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery duo and yes, that’s right!), Incredible Inman (mystery movie and Thursday’s mysterious duo), Sylvia E. (mystery movie and all mystery guests, and yes, that’s right!), Mike Hawks (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mysterious guest No. 1 and Thursday’s mystery guests), Sheila (Thursday’s mystery guests), B.J. Merholz (mystery movie and Thursday’s mysterious gent), Gary (mystery movie and Thursday’s mysterious duo), L.C. (mystery movie and mysterious cast) and Megan and Thom (mystery movie and all mysterious guests).
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Dudley Dickerson.
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Mantan Moreland?
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Monday: Jesse Graves in One More Tomorrow (1946)
Tuesday: Ann Sheridan and the back of Dennis Morgan
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Ann Sheridan?
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ONE MORE TOMORROW.Jesse Graves Monday, Ann Sheridan is our photographer today and is that Dennis Morgan from the back?
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Is the woman taking the world’s first selfie Anne Baxter?
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John Loder yesterday and today, Thurston Hall, and Jack Carson.
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John Loder, Thurston Hall, Jack Carson
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Wednesday’s guy in the center looks like Thurston Hall. I’ll keep staring at the other photos – maybe something will click.
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John Loder and Thurston Hall in One More Tomorrow.
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Is that Nigel Bruce in the middle on Wednesday?
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Thurston Hall
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Thurston Hall for Wednesday?
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Thurston Hall in the center
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Thurston Hall.
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Reginald Gardiner and Jane Wyman.
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For Wednesday, we have Thurston Hall. For Thursday, Jane Wyman and Reginald Gardiner. The movie is “One More Tomorrow.”
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Reginald Gardiner and Jane Wyman in “One More Tomorrow”.
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Reginald Gardiner, Jane Wyman.
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Thursday looks like Jane Wyman and Reginald Gardiner. I’ll guess ‘One More Tomorrow’
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“One More Tomorrow” a 1946 remake of “The Animal Kingdom” starring Jane Wyman and Reginald Gardiner?
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Jane Wyman and Reginald Gardner today, making this “One More Tomorrow.”
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Aha! You’ve got your “newspaper-connection-story” itch again! Ms Wyman, combined with Mr Hall yesterday, was my way into the mystery this week.
“One More Tomorrow” 1946
Monday – Jesse Graves is our redcap. He shows up (almost always a porter, a redcap, a butler or a waiter) in some favorites of mine.
Tuesday – our photographer leading lady, Ann Sheridan is behind the camera.
Wednesday – Thurston Hall in the middle, I think John Loder is the SOTHG on screen left and the “behind the drinking glass guy, drinking up” is Jack Carson.
Thursday – Ms Jane Wyman is sitting on the floor next to Reginald Gardiner (Gardner?)
We had a mystery movie with similar storyline a while back, I think with Leslie Howard. Don’t remember the title.
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John Loder, Jane Wyman and Reginald Gardiner in ONE MORE TOMORROW.
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Reginald Gardiner and Jane Wyman for Thursday.
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Reginald Gardner checking his iPad for tomorrow’s schedule.
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Jane and Reginald…One More Tomorrow.
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One More Tomorrow (1946) w/Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardner, Thurston Hall, John Loder…
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Robert Benchley as the Thursday fellow?
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The movie this week is One More Tomorrow. On Monday we had Jesse Graves. On Tuesday we had Ann Sheridan. For Wednesday we had John Loder, Thurston Hall and Jack Carson. For Thursday we had Reginald Gardiner and Jane Wyman.
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John Alvin, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan and Morgan.
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I think the “surprise Friday should be Monday guy” is Danny Jackson. Found an image of him (younger by about 4 years) as a Boy Judge.
Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan
Fun one. Looking forward to the Saturday breakdown.
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Frank Coghlan Jr.; Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith; Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan.
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For Friday: Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan, then Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan. Thank your Lucky Stars, 1943.
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Someone should do a book on Hollywood hair do’s. They could start with this flick.
Ann, Alexis. Jane, etc.
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Alexis Smith, Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
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