Josephine Hull's two most famous roles were a serial killer in "Arsenic and Old Lace" and the daffy sister in "Harvey". Believe me, these two roles have her playing a MUCH more likable and possibly normal woman than she played in "After Tomorrow"! While she is certainly not the star of this film, her domineering character made her a real memorable lady! Her over-protective and domineering mother was highly reminiscent of the "biddy" sketch from "Little Britain". Oedipus clearly had a much much more healthy relationship with his mum!
Charles Farrell and Marian Nixon play a couple of very sweet sweethearts. It's nice to see them together in the film and it's obvious they'll make a very nice married couple. However, this pending marriage is a problem because of their parents. She has a mother and father who appear nice and normal enough--though serious problems occur with them just before the wedding. As for him, his mother (Hull) is dead set against the wedding as this means letting go of the umbilical cord! Heck, it almost seemed like she was losing a lover and not a full-grown son! Naturally, this crazy lady DID make things tough and I kept hoping to see Farrell's character sock her one! Well, this does not happen, but it did all manage to somehow work out in this nice little romance.
While nothing super-exciting or dramatic occurs in this film, the project was so well directed and professional that a film with a B-movie plot came off as a terrific little picture from Fox Studio. Not a classic...but nearly enough to earn an 8 and a very good set of performances all around...even if Hull's character is a bit too awful to be believable.
Charles Farrell and Marian Nixon play a couple of very sweet sweethearts. It's nice to see them together in the film and it's obvious they'll make a very nice married couple. However, this pending marriage is a problem because of their parents. She has a mother and father who appear nice and normal enough--though serious problems occur with them just before the wedding. As for him, his mother (Hull) is dead set against the wedding as this means letting go of the umbilical cord! Heck, it almost seemed like she was losing a lover and not a full-grown son! Naturally, this crazy lady DID make things tough and I kept hoping to see Farrell's character sock her one! Well, this does not happen, but it did all manage to somehow work out in this nice little romance.
While nothing super-exciting or dramatic occurs in this film, the project was so well directed and professional that a film with a B-movie plot came off as a terrific little picture from Fox Studio. Not a classic...but nearly enough to earn an 8 and a very good set of performances all around...even if Hull's character is a bit too awful to be believable.