Looking Forward (1933)

Directed by

Clarence Brown

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A London department store owner risks losing his business during the Great Depression. He fights to keep his store afloat for his employees and his family.

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What happens

Looking Forward is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown starring Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Benita Hume. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The sets and costumes were designed by studio regulars Cedric Gibbons and Adrian. Based on the 1932 Dodie Smith play Service, it depicts the desperate struggle of a London department store owner to save his business during the Great Depression. The film's title was taken from a book by the newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is quoted in the film's prologue. The film was strongly backed by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Pictures and Hearst was involved in the securing of the president's support for the film's new title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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