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From This Day Forward

1946 · 95 min

A tender, earnest portrait of a marriage tested by hard times, told with warmth and quiet resilience.

Directed by
John Berry
Genres
Romance, Drama, War
Starring
Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp
Tagline
EVERY DAY LOVE! EVERY DAY LIFE!
Overview
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.

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Directed by
John Berry
Genres
Romance, Drama, War
Starring
Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • survival
  • class
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, war
Directed by
John Berry
Written by
Hugo Butler, Edith R. Sommer, Charles Schnee
Starring
Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, Wally Brown, Arline Judge, Renny McEvoy, Bobby Driscoll
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Leigh Harline
Cinematography
George Barnes
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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