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Always Goodbye poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 64.9 / 100
1938·Comedy / Drama / Romance·1h 15m

ALWAYS GOODBYE

“Why must it always be good-bye... when a woman loves like this ?”

Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.

Above the Line
Sidney Lanfield·DirectorKathryn Scola·ScreenplayEdith Skouras·ScreenplayRobert H. Planck·Director of PhotographyRobert L. Simpson·Editor
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck·Margot WestonHerbert Marshall·Jim HowardIan Hunter·Phillip MarshallCesar Romero·Count Giovanni 'Gino' CoriniLynn Bari·Jessica ReidBinnie Barnes·Harriet MartinJohnny Russell·Roddy Weston MarshallMary Forbes·Aunt Martha MarshallAlbert Conti·Modiste BenoitMarcelle Corday·Roddy's Nurse
Full Crew
(12 credits)
Directing· 1
Sidney Lanfield·Director
Writing· 4
Douglas Z. Doty·StoryGilbert Emery·StoryKathryn Scola·ScreenplayEdith Skouras·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Robert H. Planck·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Robert L. Simpson·Editor
Art & Design· 4
Bernard Herzbrun·Art DirectionHans Peters·Art DirectionRoyer·Costume DesignThomas Little·Set Decoration
Production· 1
Darryl F. Zanuck·Producer
By the Numbers
64.9
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
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