Beyond Tomorrow
Alpha Video (1940)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In Collection
#1577
0*
Seen ItYes
089218433992
IMDB   6.7
1 hr 24 mins USA / English
DVD  Region   NR
Jean Parker Jean Lawrence
Maria Ouspenskaya Madame Tanya
Richard Carlson James Houston
Harry Carey George Melton
C. Aubrey Smith Allan 'Chad' Chadwick
Charles Winninger Michael O'Brien
Alex Melesh Josef - the butler
Helen Vinson Arlene Terry
Rod La Rocque Phil Hubert
J. Anthony Hughes Police Officer Johnson
William Bakewell David Chadwick
James Bush Jace Taylor
Robert E. Homans
Director
A. Edward Sutherland
Paul Anderson
Producer Lee Garmes
Adele Comandini
Writer Adele Comandini
Mildred Cram
Cinematography Lester White
Musician Frank Tours


One New York Christmas Eve, three elderly gentlemen - a wild Irishman, Michael O'Brien (Charles Winninger), a gruff merchant banker, George Melton (Harry Carey), and a retired colonel, Allan Chadwick (C. Aubrey Smith) - discuss the immortality of the soul of man. Upstairs, displaced Russian aristocrat and mystic, Madame Tanya (The Wolf Man's legendary Maria Ouspenskaya) toils as a housekeeper.

The gentlemen decide to prove the inherent goodness of the soul by throwing three wallets, with ten dollars in each, out into the snow to see if and how they are returned. The first wallet is picked up by vain actress, Arlene Terry (Helen Vinson), who appropriates the money and discards the billfold. The other two wallets are picked up and returned by Texan, Jimmy Houston (Richard Carlson), and Jean Lawrence (Jean Parker, star of Edgar G. Ulmer's Bluebeard). Over the next few weeks the fivesome are inseparable and romance blooms between Jimmy and Jean as he croons lyrical love songs into her ear.

Tragedy strikes when the three gentlemen die in an airplane crash. Fearing that his life is passing him by, Jimmy decides to try his luck on the stage and is an overnight sensation. The naive singing cowboy is seduced by the glitter of nightlife, excessive consumption of liquor and curvy Arlene Terry. Jean waits for him at home and cries over a pile of telegrams breaking dates and finally their engagement. Unknown to all, except for psychic Madame Tanya, the three gentlemen return from beyond in an attempt to set things right.

Produced by cinematographer Lee Garmes, Beyond Tomorrow features several splendid montage sequences and clever, dazzling, abstract special effects.

One of the most peculiar, warm and wise fantasy films ever made, ace journeyman director A. Edward Sutherland's Beyond Tomorrow is an eerie holiday classic ripe for rediscovery.

**Please be advised that while a great effort is made in restoring these films in their entirety, portions which have been destroyed beyond repair may have been edited out.**
Edition Details
Distributor Alpha Video
Release Date 2/24/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
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