Remember the Day

1941 film by Henry King
  • December 25, 1941 (1941-12-25)
Running time
86 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$1.1 million (US rentals)[1]

Remember the Day is a 1941 American drama film directed by Henry King and starring Claudette Colbert, John Payne and John Shepperd . The film was produced and released by 20th Century Fox. It was based on a play of the same title by Philo Higley and Philip Dunning.[2]

Plot

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell reflects on her life and teaching career while waiting to see Dewey Roberts, formerly her student and currently a presidential nominee. This film is reminiscent of Cheers for Miss Bishop (released ten months earlier, in February 1941) and 1955's Good Morning, Miss Dove.

Cast

  • Claudette Colbert as Nora Trinell
  • John Payne as Dan Hopkins
  • John Shepperd as Dewey Roberts
  • Ann Todd as Kate Hill
  • Douglas Croft as Dewey Roberts (as a boy)
  • Jane Seymour as Mrs. Roberts
  • Anne Revere as Miss Price
  • Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
  • Harry Hayden as Mr. Roberts
  • Francis Pierlot as Mr. Steele
  • Marie Blake as Miss Cartwright
  • William Henderson as Peter
  • Chick Chandler as Mr. Mason
  • Selmar Jackson as Graham
  • William Halligan as Tom Hanlon
  • George Ernest as Bill Tower
  • Harry Tyler as Mr. Avery
  • Jody Gilbert as Mrs. Avery
  • Irving Bacon as Cecil
  • Paul Harvey as Senator Phillips
  • Thurston Hall as Governor Teller
  • Billy Dawson as Steve Hill
  • George Chandler as Telegraph Clerk
  • Geraldine Hall as Beaulah

References

  1. ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
  2. ^ Goble p.140 & 222

Bibliography

  • Dick, Bernard F. Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty. University Press of Mississippi, 2008.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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