This Above All (film)
This Above All | |
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Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
Written by | Eric Knight (novel) R. C. Sherriff |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine |
Cinematography | Arthur Miller |
Edited by | Walter Thompson |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.4 million (US rentals)[1] |
This Above All is a 1942 American romance film set in World War II adapted from the Eric Knight novel of the same name, directed by Anatole Litvak, and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine as a couple from different social classes who fall in love in wartime England. The supporting cast features Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce, and Gladys Cooper.
Cast
- Tyrone Power as Clive Briggs
- Joan Fontaine as Prudence Cathaway
- Thomas Mitchell as Monty
- Henry Stephenson as General Cathaway
- Nigel Bruce as Ramsbottom
- Gladys Cooper as Aunt Iris
- Philip Merivale as Dr. Roger Cathaway
Awards
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White. The film was also nominated for Cinematography (Arthur Miller), Editing (Walter Thompson), and Sound Recording (E. H. Hansen).[2][3]
References
- ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "NY Times: This Above All". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
External links
- This Above All at IMDb
- This Above All at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- 1942 films
- 1940s romance films
- 20th Century Fox films
- American films
- American romance films
- Black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Anatole Litvak
- Films set in England
- Films whose art director won the Best Art Direction Academy Award
- World War II films made in wartime
- Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- War film stubs
- Romance film stubs