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1941 film by Henry King For the album, see Remember the Day (album).

Remember the Day
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry King
Screenplay by	Tess Slesinger Frank Davis Allan Scott Henry King
Based on	Remember the Day by Philo Higley and Philip Dunning
Produced by	William Perlberg
Starring	Claudette Colbert John Payne John Shepperd Ann Todd
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	Alfred Newman David Buttolph Hugo Friedhofer Cyril J. Mockridge David Raksin Charles Bradshaw
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 25, 1941 (1941-12-25)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million (US rentals)

Remember the Day is a 1941 American drama film directed by Henry King and starring Claudette Colbert, John Payne and John Shepperd . The film was produced and released by 20th Century Fox. It was based on a play of the same title by Philo Higley and Philip Dunning.

Plot

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell reflects on her life and teaching career while waiting to see Dewey Roberts, formerly her student and currently a presidential nominee. This film is reminiscent of Cheers for Miss Bishop (released ten months earlier, in February 1941) and 1955's Good Morning, Miss Dove.

Cast

Claudette Colbert as Nora Trinell
John Payne as Dan Hopkins
John Shepperd as Dewey Roberts
Ann Todd as Kate Hill
Douglas Croft as Dewey Roberts (as a boy)
Jane Seymour as Mrs. Roberts
Anne Revere as Miss Price
Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Harry Hayden as Mr. Roberts
Francis Pierlot as Mr. Steele
Marie Blake as Miss Cartwright
William Henderson as Peter
Chick Chandler as Mr. Mason
Selmar Jackson as Graham
William Halligan as Tom Hanlon
George Ernest as Bill Tower
Harry Tyler as Mr. Avery
Jody Gilbert as Mrs. Avery
Irving Bacon as Cecil
Paul Harvey as Senator Phillips
Thurston Hall as Governor Teller
Billy Dawson as Steve Hill
George Chandler as Telegraph Clerk
Geraldine Hall as Beaulah

References

"101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
Goble p.140 & 222

Bibliography

Dick, Bernard F. Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty. University Press of Mississippi, 2008.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Remember the Day at the TCM Movie Database
Remember the Day at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Henry King
Should a Wife Forgive? (1915) Joy and the Dragon (1916) Little Mary Sunshine (1916) Pay Dirt (1916) Shadows and Sunshine (1916) The Climber (1917) The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917) Twin Kiddies (1917) Told at Twilight (1917) Vengeance of the Dead (1917) Souls in Pawn (1917) Sunshine and Gold (1917) The Bride's Silence (1917) A Game of Wits (1917) Southern Pride (1917) All the World to Nothing (1918) Beauty and the Rogue (1918) Powers That Prey (1918) Hearts or Diamonds? (1918) Up Romance Road (1918) The Locked Heart (1918) Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) Social Briars (1918) Where the West Begins (1919) Brass Buttons (1919) Some Liar (1919) Six Feet Four (1919) A Sporting Chance (1919) This Hero Stuff (1919) 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919) A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919) Haunting Shadows (1919) When a Man Rides Alone (1919) The White Dove (1920) Uncharted Channels (1920) One Hour Before Dawn (1920) Help Wanted – Male (1920) Dice of Destiny (1920) The Mistress of Shenstone (1921) When We Were 21 (1921) The Sting of the Lash (1921) Salvage (1921) Tol'able David (1921) The Bond Boy (1922) The Seventh Day (1922) Sonny (1922) Fury (1923) The White Sister (1923) Romola (1924) Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925) Any Woman (1925) Stella Dallas (1925) The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) Partners Again (1926) The Magic Flame (1927) The Woman Disputed (1928) She Goes to War (1929) Hell Harbor (1930) The Eyes of the World (1930) Lightnin' (1930) Merely Mary Ann (1931) Over the Hill (1931) The Woman in Room 13 (1932) State Fair (1933) I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Carolina (1934) Marie Galante (1934) One More Spring (1935) Way Down East (1935) The Country Doctor (1936) Ramona (1936) Lloyd's of London (1936) Seventh Heaven (1937) In Old Chicago (1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Jesse James (1939) Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Little Old New York (1940) Maryland (1940) Chad Hanna (1940) A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) Remember the Day (1941) The Black Swan (1942) The Song of Bernadette (1943) Wilson (1944) A Bell for Adano (1945) Margie (1946) Captain from Castile (1947) Deep Waters (1948) Prince of Foxes (1948) Twelve O'Clock High (1949) The Gunfighter (1950) I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) David and Bathsheba (1951) Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) O. Henry's Full House (1952) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Untamed (1955) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Carousel (1956) The Sun Also Rises (1957) The Bravados (1958) This Earth Is Mine (1959) Beloved Infidel (1959) Tender Is the Night (1962)

Films directed by Henry King

Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
Joy and the Dragon (1916)
Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
Pay Dirt (1916)
Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
The Climber (1917)
The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
Twin Kiddies (1917)
Told at Twilight (1917)
Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
Souls in Pawn (1917)
Sunshine and Gold (1917)
The Bride's Silence (1917)
A Game of Wits (1917)
Southern Pride (1917)
All the World to Nothing (1918)
Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Powers That Prey (1918)
Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
Up Romance Road (1918)
The Locked Heart (1918)
Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
Social Briars (1918)
Where the West Begins (1919)
Brass Buttons (1919)
Some Liar (1919)
Six Feet Four (1919)
A Sporting Chance (1919)
This Hero Stuff (1919)
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
Haunting Shadows (1919)
When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
The White Dove (1920)
Uncharted Channels (1920)
One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
Help Wanted – Male (1920)
Dice of Destiny (1920)
The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
When We Were 21 (1921)
The Sting of the Lash (1921)
Salvage (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
The Bond Boy (1922)
The Seventh Day (1922)
Sonny (1922)
Fury (1923)
The White Sister (1923)
Romola (1924)
Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
Any Woman (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Partners Again (1926)
The Magic Flame (1927)
The Woman Disputed (1928)
She Goes to War (1929)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Eyes of the World (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
Over the Hill (1931)
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
State Fair (1933)
I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
Carolina (1934)
Marie Galante (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
Way Down East (1935)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Little Old New York (1940)
Maryland (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Remember the Day (1941)
The Black Swan (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Wilson (1944)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Margie (1946)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Deep Waters (1948)
Prince of Foxes (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Untamed (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Carousel (1956)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Tender Is the Night (1962)

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