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Looking Forward

1933, Movie, NR, 76 mins

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The title of this film was taken from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's book, but the story is adapted from an English play entitled, "Service." It is a Depression parable with Barrymore laid off from his position at a London shop because of tight times. He had worked there for 40 years and had come from a family of men who spent their lives working at the shop. Stone is the man who must let Barrymore go, only to sell his shop to a lower-priced competitor. Most of the fi... read more leave a comment
Year: 1933
Rated NR

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Cast
Lionel Barrymore: Michael Benton
Lewis Stone: Gabriel Service, Sr.
Benita Hume: Isobel Service
Elizabeth Allan: Caroline Service
Phillips Holmes: Michael Service
Colin Clive: Geoffrey Fielding

 

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MGM faces the Great Depression in Looking Forward (1933) with Lionel Barrymore as a 40-year...
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Posted: 8/1/2008
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