One Sunday Afternoon (1948 film)

One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Screenplay by	Robert L. Richards
Based on	One Sunday Afternoon; 1933 play; by James Hagan
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Starring	Dennis Morgan; Janis Paige
Cinematography	Wilfred M. Cline; Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Christian Nyby
Music by	Ralph Blane
Color process	Technicolor
Production; companies	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date	January 1, 1949
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million

One Sunday Afternoon is a 1948 musical film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Dennis Morgan and Janis Paige.^[2]^[3]

The film is based on James Hagan's play of the same name, which was produced on Broadway in 1933.^[4]^[5] This picture was the play's third film adaptation. The first, 1933 adaptation starred Gary Cooper. The second was The Strawberry Blonde (1941) starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth, and also directed by Walsh. While the plot of the third adaptation is the same as the others, it does have a significant number of changes.

Cast[]

Dennis Morgan as Timothy L. "Biff" Grimes
Janis Paige as Virginia Brush
Don DeFore as Hugo Barnstead
Dorothy Malone as Amy Lind
Ben Blue as Nick
Oscar O'Shea as Toby
Alan Hale, Jr. as Marty
Chester Conklin as Clerk (uncredited)

Cast notes

Dorothy Malones' singing voice was provided by Marion Morgan.

Production[]

This film is a musical remake of The Strawberry Blonde (1941), with some updates like an automobile for the first date instead of a horse and carriage. The tunes include "In My Merry Oldsmobile". Dennis Morgan stars in the leading role James Cagney had played in the earlier version, with Don DeFore in the role of the pseudo friend previously played by Jack Carson.

Radio adaptation[]

One Sunday Afternoon was presented on Philip Morris Playhouse February 24, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation starred Hume Cronyn and Southern Methodist University student Ann Wedgeworth.^[6]

References[]

^ "One Sunday Afternoon". Variety. United States: Penske Media Corporation. February 18, 1948. p. 14.
^ "One Sunday Afternoon (1948) - Raoul Walsh | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ "One Sunday Afternoon". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 17, 2016.
^ One Sunday Afternoon at the Internet Broadway Database
^ Hagan, James (1933). One Sunday Afternoon. New York City: S. French Ltd. ASIN B0008611ZE. OCLC 2272619.
^ Kirby, Walter (February 24, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". Decatur, Illinois. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 38. Retrieved May 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

One Sunday Afternoon at IMDb
One Sunday Afternoon at the TCM Movie Database
One Sunday Afternoon at AllMovie
One Sunday Afternoon at the American Film Institute Catalog

[1] "One Sunday Afternoon". Variety. United States: Penske Media Corporation. February 18, 1948. p. 14.

[2] "One Sunday Afternoon (1948) - Raoul Walsh | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

[One_Sunday_Afternoon-3] "One Sunday Afternoon". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 17, 2016.

[4] One Sunday Afternoon at the Internet Broadway Database

[5] Hagan, James (1933). One Sunday Afternoon. New York City: S. French Ltd. ASIN B0008611ZE. OCLC 2272619.

[6] Kirby, Walter (February 24, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". Decatur, Illinois. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 38. Retrieved May 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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