One Sunday Afternoon (1948 film)
One Sunday Afternoon is a 1948 musical film directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Dennis Morgan and Janis Paige.[2][3]
| One Sunday Afternoon | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Screenplay by | Robert L. Richards |
| Based on | One Sunday Afternoon 1933 play by James Hagan |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan Janis Paige |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Christian Nyby |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
Release date | January 1, 1949 |
Running time | 90 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
The film is based on James Hagan's play of the same name, which was produced on Broadway in 1933.[4][5] This picture was the play's third film adaptation. The first, 1933 adaptation starred Gary Cooper. The second was The Strawberry Blonde (1941) starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth, and also directed by Walsh. While the plot of the third adaptation is the same as the others, it does have a significant number of changes.
Cast
- Dennis Morgan as Timothy L. 'Biff' Grimes
- Janis Paige as Virginia Brush
- Don DeFore as Hugo Barnstead
- Dorothy Malone as Amy Lind (singing voice was dubbed by Marion Morgan)
- Ben Blue as Nick
- Oscar O'Shea as Toby
- Alan Hale, Jr. as Marty
- Chester Conklin as Clerk (uncredited)
Production
This film is a musical remake of The Strawberry Blonde (1941), with some updates like an automobile for the first date instead of a horse and carriage. The tunes include "In My Merry Oldsmobile". Dennis Morgan stars in the leading role James Cagney had played in the earlier version, with Don DeFore in the role of the pseudo friend previously played by Jack Carson.
Radio adaptation
One Sunday Afternoon was presented on Philip Morris Playhouse February 24, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation starred Hume Cronyn and Southern Methodist University student Ann Wedgeworth.[6]
References
- "One Sunday Afternoon". Variety. United States: Penske Media Corporation. February 18, 1948. p. 14.
- http://allmovie.com/work/one-sunday-afternoon-104913
- "One Sunday Afternoon". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- One Sunday Afternoon at the Internet Broadway Database
- Hagan, James (1933). One Sunday Afternoon. New York City: S. French Ltd. ASIN B0008611ZE. OCLC 2272619.
- Kirby, Walter (February 24, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". Decatur, Illinois. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 38. Retrieved May 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
