And Now Tomorrow
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| Directed by | Irving Pichel |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Written by |
Frank Partos Raymond Chandler |
| Based on | And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field |
| Starring |
Alan Ladd Loretta Young Susan Hayward Barry Sullivan |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | W. Duncan Mansfield |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 891,418 admissions (France, 1946) |
And Now Tomorrow is a 1944 film based on the best-selling novel, published in 1942 by Rachel Field, directed by Irving Pichel and written by Raymond Chandler. Both center around one doctor's attempt for curing deafness. The film stars Alan Ladd, Loretta Young and Susan Hayward. Its tagline was Who are you that a man can't make love to you?. It is also known as Prisoners of Hope.
Emily Blair (Loretta Young), who stems from a very wealthy family, is deaf ever since she had meningitis several years ago. She has been away trying in vain to find a cure for her deafness, but is now returning to the town where she was born and raised, Blairtown. Before she went she was engaged to a man named Jeff Stoddard (Barry Sullivan), but put the wedding on hold because of her illness and the following hearing disability.
Upon her return to the hometown she shares a taxi with Dr. Merek Vance (Alan Ladd), who also grew up in Blairtown, but under less fortunate circumstances. He works as a physician in Pittsburgh. Merek's first impression of Emily is that she is a terrible snob, and he is surprised to learn that she can read lips.
Emily is unaware that her former fiancé Jeff and her younger sister Janice (Susan Hayward) have fallen in love with each other. Jeff is reluctant to tell Emily about his new relationship, feeling sorry for her.
Merek is unaware that he is summoned back to his hometown to aid Dr. Weeks (Cecil Kellaway), Blairtowns only physician, in trying to cure Emily's deafness. Merek has a record of curing deaf patients in the past. When Merek hears about the reason for him being there he is disappointed but agrees to help as a favor to Dr. Weeks.
At a dinner at the Blair residence that evening, Merek tells Emily what he really thinks of her, and it turns out his father used to work in one of the Blair factories but was fired right before Christmas one year. Merek still remembers how Emily stared at him at the company's Christmas gathering.
Emily is not keen on the idea of letting Merek use her as a "guinea pig", but since she has emptied out all her other alternatives she eventually agrees to let him try to cure her.
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