Always Together (1948) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

A dying millionaire gives his fortune to a working girl, then recovers and tries to get it back.

Cast & Crew

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Frederick De Cordova

Joyce Reynolds

Robert Hutton

Cecil Kellaway

Jonathan Turner [also known as Oliver Ramsey]

Ernest Truex

Don Mcguire

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Always Together - (Original Trailer)

Film Details

Also Known As

Head Over Heels, Love at First Sight, Need for Each Other

Genre

Comedy

Romance

Release Date

Jan 10, 1948

Premiere Information

New York opening: 10 Dec 1947

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Distribution Company

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 18m

Sound

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

7,075ft

Synopsis

When wealthy Jonathan Turner believes that he is dying, he commissions his lawyer, Mr. Bull, to deliver a check for one million dollars to twenty-two-year-old secretary Jane Barker. Jane is in love with Donn Masters, an unsuccessful writer of gloomy stories, who lives across the hall from her. Donn and Jane spend a great deal of time together at the movies. After watching a film in which a marriage breaks up because the husband is not happy living on his rich wife's money, Donn and Jane argue over whether they could be happy if she were wealthy and he were poor. The following day, Bull delivers Turner's check to Jane. At first, she does not believe the check is valid, but Bull soon convinces her that she is indeed a millionaire. Worried that her relationship with Donn will be ruined if he learns she is now a rich woman, Jane postpones telling him. Then Donn sells a story, and with the money, the couple gets married, although Jane continues to keep her wealth a secret. When Turner unexpectedly recovers, he wants his money back and, in order to get it, decides to worm his way into Jane's life. Using the name Oliver Ramsey, Turner rents Donn's former room. He then asks Bull to reveal Jane's secret to Donn, hoping that the couple will quarrel and he will thus be able to relieve her of the money and return them to happiness. The plan backfires, however, when Donn becomes deliriously happy at the news. Jane and Donn hire Turner as their business manager, move to an elegant apartment and buy clothes. Donn even starts writing cheerful stories. Eventually, however, Jane's insecurity causes her to quarrel with Donn, and she resolves to file for divorce. Donn follows Jane to Reno and causes a sensation by demanding alimony because he believes that if he has money of his own, he can then remarry her. At the divorce hearing, Turner inadvertently reveals his real identity. Donn and Jane learn that Jane's father had been defrauded by Turner, and that Turner gave her the money to assuage his conscience. Later, Turner admits to Donn that he tried to break up the marriage and agrees to repair the damage. Donn and Turner find Jane at a movie theater, and there he tells her that he will never take another cent from her. He then turns around and asks her for a loan to start a magazine, and the couple is reconciled.

Director

Frederick De Cordova

Cast

Joyce Reynolds

Robert Hutton

Cecil Kellaway

Jonathan Turner [also known as Oliver Ramsey]

Ernest Truex

Don Mcguire

Ransom Sherman

Douglas Kennedy

Clifton Young

Robert Lowell

William Ruhl

Ralph Brooks

Harry Lewis

Creighton Hale

Paul Stanton

Joan Winfield

Edward Murphy

Billy, office boy

Grady Sutton

Jack, soda jerk

Tom Dugan

Herman, cab driver

Joe Devlin

Charles Jordan

Donald Kerr

Paul Panzer

Leo White

Interior decorator

Chester Clute

Bunny Waters

Philo Mccullough

Gertrude Carr

Doria Caron

Jack Wise

Jack Mower

Wheaton Chambers

Frank Wilcox

Barbara Bates

Donald Olsen

Dewey Robinson

Jack Carson

Character in movie

Janis Paige

Character in movie

Dennis Morgan

Character in movie

Alexis Smith

Character in movie

Humphrey Bogart

Character in movie

Lila Leeds

Crew

Folmer Blangsted

I. A. L. Diamond

Original Screenplay

Edwin Dupar

Special Effects

Henry Ephron

Original Screenplay

Phoebe Ephron

Original Screenplay

Leo F. Forbstein

Alex Gottlieb

Carl Guthrie

Director of Photography

Werner Heymann

Leo K. Kuter

James Leicester

John Maxwell

Dialogue Director

Jack Mcconaghy

William Mcgann

Special Effects Director

James Mcmahan

Assistant Director

Leonid Raab

Orchestra Arrangement

C. A. Riggs

Travilla

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Perc Westmore

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Always Together - (Original Trailer) A dying millionaire gives his fortune to a working girl, then recovers and tries to get it back in Always Together (1948).

Film Details

Also Known As

Head Over Heels, Love at First Sight, Need for Each Other

Genre

Comedy

Romance

Release Date

Jan 10, 1948

Premiere Information

New York opening: 10 Dec 1947

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Distribution Company

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 18m

Sound

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

7,075ft

Articles

Always Together

June 29, 2009

Does money bring happiness or misery? Is there such a thing as having too much money? These are the questions debated in the 1947 romantic comedy Always Together. In it, Joyce Reynolds plays Jane Barker, a working girl who spends all of her extra time watching movies with her struggling writer fiancée Donn (Robert Hutton). When a mysterious rich man (Cecil Kellaway) bequeaths $1,000,000 to Jane on his deathbed, she decides to keep it a secret from Donn, certain that the money will only lead to trouble in their relationship.

Always Together is a charming B picture with an original screenplay by famed husband and wife writing team Henry and Phoebe Ephron along with Oscar®-winning screenwriter and long time Billy Wilder collaborator I.A.L. Diamond. Always Together also features several Warner Bros. stars in film-within-a-film cameos throughout including Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith, and Humphrey Bogart in a particularly inspired send-up of Stella Dallas (1937).

Joyce Reynolds and Robert Hutton clearly have fun with their roles in Always Together and generate many laughs throughout. With its subplot revolving around Jane's film fantasy life and the parade of Warner Bros. stars in the background, movie buffs will particularly enjoy Always Together.

Producer: Alex Gottlieb
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Screenplay: I.A.L. Diamond, Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron
Cinematography: Carl Guthrie
Art Direction: Leo K. Kuter
Music: Werner Heymann
Film Editing: Folmar Blangsted
Cast: Robert Hutton (Donn Masters), Joyce Reynolds (Jane Barker), Cecil Kellaway (Jonathan Turner), Ernest Truex (Mr. Timothy J. Bull, Attorney), Don McGuire (McIntyre, Reporter), Ransom Sherman (Judge), Douglas Kennedy (Doberman, attorney)
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by Andrea Passafiume

Always Together

Always Together

Does money bring happiness or misery? Is there such a thing as having too much money? These are the questions debated in the 1947 romantic comedy Always Together. In it, Joyce Reynolds plays Jane Barker, a working girl who spends all of her extra time watching movies with her struggling writer fiancée Donn (Robert Hutton). When a mysterious rich man (Cecil Kellaway) bequeaths $1,000,000 to Jane on his deathbed, she decides to keep it a secret from Donn, certain that the money will only lead to trouble in their relationship. Always Together is a charming B picture with an original screenplay by famed husband and wife writing team Henry and Phoebe Ephron along with Oscar®-winning screenwriter and long time Billy Wilder collaborator I.A.L. Diamond. Always Together also features several Warner Bros. stars in film-within-a-film cameos throughout including Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith, and Humphrey Bogart in a particularly inspired send-up of Stella Dallas (1937). Joyce Reynolds and Robert Hutton clearly have fun with their roles in Always Together and generate many laughs throughout. With its subplot revolving around Jane's film fantasy life and the parade of Warner Bros. stars in the background, movie buffs will particularly enjoy Always Together. Producer: Alex Gottlieb Director: Frederick De Cordova Screenplay: I.A.L. Diamond, Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron Cinematography: Carl Guthrie Art Direction: Leo K. Kuter Music: Werner Heymann Film Editing: Folmar Blangsted Cast: Robert Hutton (Donn Masters), Joyce Reynolds (Jane Barker), Cecil Kellaway (Jonathan Turner), Ernest Truex (Mr. Timothy J. Bull, Attorney), Don McGuire (McIntyre, Reporter), Ransom Sherman (Judge), Douglas Kennedy (Doberman, attorney) BW-79m. by Andrea Passafiume

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The film's working titles were Head Over Heels, Love at First Sight and Need for Each Other. Warner Bros. contract players Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith and Humphrey Bogart appear in the films-within-the-film sequences. The Variety review commented, "those appearing in hoked-up sequences of films...make up the best portions of this production.".

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Released in United States 1947

Released in United States 1947

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