And Now Tomorrow
Cast & Crew
William Watson
Ed Reimer
Don Defore
Louise Arthur
House Peters Jr.
Morris Ankrum
Film Details
Synopsis
The National Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. begins in 1802. When Revolutionary War captain Gideon Blackburn preaches to his troops, he is chastised by Gen. Andrew Jackson. Although Blackburn is ready to quit the military, he decides to apply his energy to missionary work within the organization. Over the next decades, the church's original eight missionaries, including Rev. John Chavis, Samuel Worest, Dr. Marcus Whitman, Sheldon Jackson, Amanda MacFarland and Rev. Frank Higgins, are sent to various parts of America to spread the word of the Presbyterian church. Traveling through Kentucky, Georgia, Oregon, Alaska and other western states, the missions add to the growing country's spiritual development.
Director
William Watson
Cast
Ed Reimer
Don Defore
Louise Arthur
House Peters Jr.
Morris Ankrum
Earl Hodgins
Stanley Andrews
Ernie Anderson
Bob Shayne
Lumsden Hare
Dennis Moore
George Chandler
Murray Yates
George Pembroke
Hope Sansberry
Harry Hayden
Lela Bliss
Helene Millard
Emory Parnell
Barbara Woodell
Ed Cassidy
Alan Hale Jr.
Leonard Penn
Crew
Chris Beute
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Luther M. Dimmitt
Jimmy Doolittle
Oren W. Evans
Ray Flin
Otto Meyer
Dick Moder
Sam Rosen
Paul Sawtell
F. Paul Sylos
Charles Van Enger
Ben Wetzler
Benjamin Winkler
Film Details
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Credit and plot information were taken from contemporary reviews and news items. According to the Daily Variety review, And Now Tomorrow was produced for the National Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. and shown "specifically for church and group audiences" in celebration of the board's sesquicentennial anniversary. The Los Angeles Times review also notes that the film contains "Negro spirituals." November 1951 Hollywood Reporter news items add the following members to the cast: William Haade, Everett Anderson, Terry Hackett, Fred Sherman, K. D. Murray, Narda Brown, Aurora Garcia, Julia Montoya, Gilbert Fallman, Lee Korey, Ray Largey, Anthony Danta, George Slocum and Alan Ray. Their appearance in the final film has not been confirmed. On May 19, 1952, Hollywood Citizen-News reported that the film was to have its premiere on May 23, 1952 at Carnegie Hall and, simultaneously, at 200 Presbyterian churches nationwide.
