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Join us at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb 26, for a free screening of the 1956 drama “There’s Always Tomorrow,” featuring an introduction by Marsha Gordon, author of the award-winning “Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott.”
“There’s Always Tomorrow” is one of ten films adapted from the writings of Ursula Parrott.
THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW |USA 1956 | DCP | 84 min. | DIRECTOR: Douglas Sirk | WITH: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Bennett
Feeling neglected by his wife (Barbara Stanwyck) and unappreciated by his children, a toy manufacturer (Fred MacMurray) is reunited with an old flame (Joan Bennett) who has suddenly dropped into town. This movie offers one of Hollywood’s greatest pairings — MacMurray and Stanwyck — in a distinctly emotionally rich story, presented through the lens of the great master of melodrama Douglas Sirk.
Credited with popularizing the label “ex-wife” in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women. Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made her a household name. Part biography, part cultural history, “Becoming the Ex-Wife” establishes Parrott’s rightful place in twentieth-century American culture, uncovering her neglected work and keen insights into American women’s lives during a period of immense social change.
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Marsha Gordon is Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, a former Fellow at the National Humanities Center, and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar award. She is the author of numerous books and articles and codirector of several short documentaries.
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A book signing follows the screening. Copies of the book will be available for purchase from Books & Books.
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Sponsored by the Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies and Books & Books.
