Looking Forward (1933): Cast
Looking Forward is a 1933 drama directed by Clarence Brown, starring Lewis Stone as Gabriel Service Sr., Ethel Griffies and Lionel Barrymore. It runs 1 hour 22 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 22m (82 min)
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Cosmopolitan Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Looking Forward About?
The premise of Looking Forward without spoilers.
Your HEART KNOWS when a picture is GREAT! Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
Looking Forward Themes & Keywords
· 47 tags- bakery
- department store owner
- furniture designer
- the great depression
- marital infidelity
- business partnership
- private secretary
- title co written by female
- depression era drama
- bankruptcy threat
- spendthrift
- social drama
+35 more Show fewer
- morality tale
- domestic drama
- extravagance
- cornish pasty
- workplace drama
- housekeeper
- piano
- english sheepdog
- cairn terrier
- pre code film
- buyout offer
- upper class
- working class
- bell tolling
- bicycle delivery
- newspaper headline
- resurrection
- rainbow
- prologue
- wife leaves her husband
- based on a stage play
- epilogue
- fired from a job
- family relationships
- rejuvenation
- cemetery
- business ethics
- rumor
- london england
- employer employee relationship
- accountant
- self sacrifice
- stepmother
- interior decorator
- marital desertion
Looking Forward Cast & Characters
Lewis Stone leads the cast as Gabriel Service Sr., with Ethel Griffies as Miss Judd and Lionel Barrymore as Tim Benton. Directed by Clarence Brown; 18 actors are credited in all.
- Director Clarence Brown
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Lewis Stone as Gabriel Service Sr. -
Ethel Griffies as Miss Judd - Lionel Barrymore as Tim Benton
- Billy Bevan as Mr. Barker
Also Starring in Looking Forward
· 14 more- Doris Lloyd Lil Benton
- Halliwell Hobbes Mr. James Felton
- Charles Irwin Mr. Burton
- Lawrence Grant Philip Bendicott
- Eily Malyon Mrs. Munsey
- Phillips Holmes Michael Service
- Alec B. Francis Mr. Birkenshaw
- Douglas Walton Willie Benton
- Elizabeth Allan Caroline Service
- George K. Arthur Mr. Tressitt
- Colin Clive Geoffrey Fielding
- Benita Hume Mrs. Isobel Service
- Alan Edwards Gray Mortimer
- Viva Tattersall Elsie Benton
More from Clarence Brown
More films directed by Clarence Brown, best-rated first: The Yearling, National Velvet, Angels in the Outfield and Plymouth Adventure.
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Looking Forward FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Looking Forward, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Looking Forward?
Looking Forward runs 1 hour 22 minutes (82 minutes).
When was Looking Forward released?
Looking Forward was released on April 28, 1933.
Who directed Looking Forward?
Looking Forward was directed by Clarence Brown.
More films by Clarence Brown Who is in the cast of Looking Forward?
Looking Forward stars Lewis Stone as Gabriel Service Sr., Ethel Griffies as Miss Judd and Lionel Barrymore as Tim Benton, among 18 credited actors.
Does Looking Forward have a post-credit scene?
No. Looking Forward has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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