And Now Tomorrow
And Now Tomorrow is a 1944 American drama film based on the best-selling novel, published in 1942 by Rachel Field, directed by Irving Pichel and written by Raymond Chandler. Both center around one doctor's attempt for curing deafness. The film stars Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, and Susan Hayward. Its tagline was Who are you that a man can't make love to you?. It is also known as Prisoners of Hope.
Plot
Emily Blair, born into a very wealthy family in Blairtown, becomes deaf after contracting meningitis. She has left home, trying in vain to find a cure for her deafness, but is now returning to Blairtown. Before leaving, she was engaged to Jeff Stoddard, but put the wedding on hold because of her illness and the following hearing disability.
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| author | Frank Partos Raymond Chandler |
|---|---|
| director | Irving Pichel |
| editor | W. Duncan Mansfield |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | christmas engage even factory factory worker gather guinea pig hear id meningitis pittsburgh plan return home summon wealthy family wed |
| musicBy | Victor Young |
| producer | Fred Kohlmar |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |