Rent And Now Tomorrow (1944)

3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 22min
Rent And Now Tomorrow (aka Prisoners of Hope) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Dr. Merek Vance runs a clinic for the underprivileged in Pittsburgh. On a visit to Blairtown, where he grew up, he finds himself sharing a taxi with wealthy Emily Blair, a snobbish rich girl he never liked when they were children. But, she has since contracted meningitis and is deaf. Merek agrees to examine Emily, and embarks on a long course of treatment with little success. When Emily learns that Merek is developing a new serum, she insists on becoming his guinea pig. Reluctantly he agrees...
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Directors:
Producers:
Fred Kohlmar
Writers:
Frank Partos, Raymond Chandler, Rachel Field
Aka:
Prisoners of Hope
Studio:
Simply Media
Genres:
Classics, Drama
Collections:
Action & Adventure, Top Film and TV Detectives: Guide to Screen Sleuth
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/01/2013
Run Time:
82 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W

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Of Truth and Serum - And Now Tomorrow review by CH

Spoiler Alert
27/11/2022

Although the fine music score for And Now Tomorrow (1944) is by Victor Young, the film brings to mind Haydn and Mozart. Both of these found themselves smitten with a woman only, in each case, to marry the sister. Its plot, from a novel by Rachel Field - in a screenplay co-written by Raymond Chandler - turns around a small town dominated by the Blair family, one of whom, Emily (Loretta Young) is engaged to Barry (Jeff Stoddard) when she finds herself blighted by deafness brought on after an arrack of meningitis.

She spends much of the family money in seeking a cure around the world, all of which is to no avail; on returning home, she does not realise that her fiancé has fallen for her sister (Susan Hayward); one of the first to know, however, is the bright local doctor (Alan Ladd) who, born the other side of the tracks from the Blairs’ home, is engaged to develop a serum which might just help.

Medical matters are often a driving force in the plots of soap, and there is no denying that there is more than element of it here, but the tension between Ladd and her is well done, augmented by the contrasting settings of dark tenements and a house which opens - as so often in films at this time - upon a wide staircase which curves to an equally ample landing. Directed by Irving Pichel, perhaps best known for The Moon is Down and They Won’t Believe Me, it has a pace which involves one in these betrayals as they come to light in a shadowy world, one which is not as dark as the territory usually associated with Chandler.

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