One Foot in Heaven
One Foot in Heaven is a 1941 American biographical drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart and Elisabeth Fraser. The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from the autobiography by Hartzell Spence. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Plot
In Stratford, Ontario, in 1904, William Spence (Fredric March), a medical student on the verge of becoming a doctor, receives "The Call" while passing a Methodist church one Sunday. His bride-to-be, Hope Morris (Martha Scott), accepts his decision to enter the ministry with a whole heart despite the disappointment of her prominent and affluent parents.
Cast
- Audra Lindley
- Beulah Bondi
- Charles Drake
- Charles Halton
- Chester Conklin
- Clara Blandick
- Creighton Hale
- Dorothy Adams
- Elisabeth Fraser
- Ernest Cossart
- Fern Emmett
- Frank Marlowe
- Frank Mayo
- Frank Reicher
- Fred Kelsey
- Fredric March
- Gene Lockhart
- Gig Young
- Grant Mitchell
- Hank Mann
- Harold Miller
- Harry Davenport
- Hobart Bosworth
- Jack Mower
- Jane Randolph
- Jerome Cowan
- Laura Hope Crews
- Martha Scott
- Mary Field
- Mickey Kuhn
- Moroni Olsen
- Nana Bryant
- Olin Howland
- Paula Trueman
- Roscoe Ates
- Sarah Edwards
- Vera Lewis
- Virginia Brissac
- William S. Hart
More details
| author | Casey Robinson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Iowa |
| director | Irving Rapper |
| editor | Warren Low |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | baby baptist begin book of discipline build california call carillon choir church church choir circuit minister circuit preacher congregation ernest m. skinner expelled from school frankie thomas heaven id learn lock medical student methodism methodist methodist church minister ministry morning new car parsonage pass power struggle religious calling san francisco sermon skinner organ small town sneaking in stained glass window the church\'s one foundation wed young girl young people |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | Irving Rapper |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama western |