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Release Date: 24 February, 2004 Retail Price: $6.98 OUR Price: $6.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
Beyond Tomorrow Reviews
LITTLE KNOWN FILM HAS SOME FINE MOMENTS
With the release of this little known film from the 1940's, one can either curse or bless colorization. Fortunately, this DVD offers both versions; I chose the colorized one, and although not perfect by any means, the colors give the movie a sort of cartoonish quality but still maintaining that grainy look of the forties. Originally titled BEYOND TOMORROW, BEYOND CHRISTMAS is not a traditional Christmas movie, hence the reason perhaps for its unfamiliarity. While opening at Christmas time, the movie actually chronicles the lives of two star crossed lovers and how their three benefactors struggle to keep them together when he becomes a famous crooner and falls into the clutches of his siren co-star. The three kindly gentlemen are tragically killed in a plane crash but their ghosts return to make sure Jimmy and Jeannie stay together. C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger and Harry Carey are the three elderly gents; WOLFMAN's Maria Ouspenskaya is their Russian housekeeper; Richard Carlson (best known for CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) and Jean Parker are the lovers. Admittedly hokey and at times mawkish, the movie nevertheless has a spirited storyline and resolves the tragedies by the end of the film. This would be an odd little addition to your Christmas movies but an enjoyable one, whether you watch it in its original black and white format or choose the colorized version.
Beyond anything I have ever seen for Christmas
I liked most, that this movie was not a typical Christmas plot. Three men whom are stood up by their Christmas guest decide to make a bet. They each take a wallet with a $10.00 bill that were for gifts, and place a business card of their own inside of it. They open the window and through all the wallets out onto what is a typical busy sidewalk during the holiday season. They wanted to see if anyone would find and return the wallets. Then they would invite this person to join in a Christmas Dinner. Two of the wallets returned. One from a young man and the other a young women. It just so happens that both are away from home and family on this holiday season and accept the three mens offer of the Christmas Dinner. The group become great friends and spend all their time together, until a plane crash takes the lives of the 3 gentlemen whom had taken a business journey together. The three men's spirits return to the house where they had always gathered to share a cigar or brandy.
Throughout the movie, one by one the heavens call and a loved one appears to show them the way to heaven. All except one man who fights to stay a little longer to help the young couple through some trying times. He sacrifices what is to be his one chance at going to the heavens above to stay behind and help the ones he loves through some trying times. The rest you have to see for yourself. One thing is sure, when it is my time to go I hope it is just like this movie - just beautiful.
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