This Above All (film)

This Above All
Film poster
Directed by	Anatole Litvak
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Eric Knight (novel) R. C. Sherriff
Starring	Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Arthur Miller
Edited by	Walter Thompson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	May 12, 1942
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.4 million (US rentals)[1]

This Above All is a 1942 American romance film set in World War II adapted from the Eric Knight novel of the same name, directed by Anatole Litvak, and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine as a couple from different social classes who fall in love in wartime England. The supporting cast features Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce, and Gladys Cooper.

Cast

• Tyrone Power as Clive Briggs
• Joan Fontaine as Prudence Cathaway
• Thomas Mitchell as Monty
• Henry Stephenson as General Cathaway
• Nigel Bruce as Ramsbottom
• Gladys Cooper as Aunt Iris
• Philip Merivale as Dr. Roger Cathaway

Awards

Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White. The film was also nominated for Cinematography (Arthur Miller), Editing (Walter Thompson), and Sound Recording (E. H. Hansen).^[2][3]

References

1. "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
2. "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
3. "NY Times: This Above All". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-14.

External links

• This Above All at the Internet Movie Database
• This Above All at the TCM Movie Database