We Are Not Alone (1939 film)

1939 film by Edmund Goulding

We Are Not Alone

Directed by	Edmund Goulding
Written by	James Hilton (novel and screenplay) Milton Krims (screenplay)
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis (exec. producer) Henry Blanke (assoc. producer)
Starring	Paul Muni Jane Bryan Flora Robson
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Warren Low
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 25, 1939 (1939-11-25)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

We Are Not Alone is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, and Flora Robson. The film is based on the 1937 novel We Are Not Alone by James Hilton, who adapted his novel with Milton Krims.

Plot

A doctor hires a woman as a nanny for his son. When his wife becomes jealous, tragedy consumes all involved.

Cast

Paul Muni as Dr. David Newcome
Jane Bryan as Leni Krafft
Flora Robson as Jessica Newcome
Raymond Severn as Gerald Newcome
Una O'Connor as Susan
Henry Daniell as Sir Ronald Dawson
Montagu Love as Major Millman
James Stephenson as Sir William Clintock
Stanley Logan as Sir Guy Lockhead
Cecil Kellaway as Judge
Alan Napier as Archdeacon
Eily Malyon as Archdeacon's Wife
Douglas Scott as Tommy Baker
Crauford Kent as Dr. Stacey
Billy Bevan as Mr. Jones
Holmes Herbert as Police Inspector
John Powers as Charley
Colin Kenny as George
Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Raymond
Olaf Hytten as Mr. Clark (uncredited)

Reception

Frank Nugent praised the film in his The New York Times review, writing "his We Are Not Alone emerges as a film of rare tenderness and beauty, compassionate and grave, possessed above all of the quality of serenity...one of the most soundly written films of the year, one of the best directed and, of course, one of the most brilliantly played."

References

^ Frank S. Nugent (December 1, 1939). "The Screen: Reviews and News; Paul Muni and Jane Bryan in 'We Are Not Alone' at the Music Hall and 'Meet Dr. Christian' at the Palace Are Seen Here--Items From Hollywood". The New York Times.

External links

We Are Not Alone at the TCM Movie Database
We Are Not Alone at IMDb

v t e Films by Edmund Goulding
Directed	Sun-Up (1925) Sally, Irene and Mary (1926) Paris (1926) Women Love Diamonds (1927) Love (1927) The Trespasser (1929) Paramount on Parade (1930) The Devil's Holiday (1930) Reaching for the Moon (1930) Grand Hotel (1932) Blondie of the Follies (1932) Riptide (1934) The Flame Within (1935) That Certain Woman (1937) White Banners (1938) The Dawn Patrol (1938) Dark Victory (1939) The Old Maid (1939) We Are Not Alone (1939) 'Til We Meet Again (1940) The Great Lie (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) The Constant Nymph (1943) Claudia (1943) Of Human Bondage (1946) The Razor's Edge (1946) Nightmare Alley (1947) Everybody Does It (1949) Mister 880 (1950) We're Not Married! (1952) Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953) Teenage Rebel (1956) Mardi Gras (1958)
Screenplays	The Perfect Lover (1919) The Devil (1921) Tol'able David (1921) Peacock Alley (1922) Broadway Rose (1922) Fury (1923) Dark Secrets (1923) Jazzmania (1923) The Bright Shawl (1923) Tiger Rose (1923) Dante's Inferno (1924)

Films by Edmund Goulding

Directed

Sun-Up (1925)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1926)
Paris (1926)
Women Love Diamonds (1927)
Love (1927)
The Trespasser (1929)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Riptide (1934)
The Flame Within (1935)
That Certain Woman (1937)
White Banners (1938)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Dark Victory (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
The Great Lie (1941)
Forever and a Day (1943)
The Constant Nymph (1943)
Claudia (1943)
Of Human Bondage (1946)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Everybody Does It (1949)
Mister 880 (1950)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
Teenage Rebel (1956)
Mardi Gras (1958)

Screenplays

The Perfect Lover (1919)
The Devil (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
Peacock Alley (1922)
Broadway Rose (1922)
Fury (1923)
Dark Secrets (1923)
Jazzmania (1923)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
Tiger Rose (1923)
Dante's Inferno (1924)

v t e James Hilton
Novels	Catherine Herself (1920) Storm Passage (1922) The Passionate Year (1924) Dawn of Reckoning (1925) Meadows of the Moon (1926) Terry (1927) The Silver Flame (1928) Murder at School (1931) And Now Goodbye (1931) Contango (Ill Wind) (1932) Rage in Heaven (1932) Knight Without Armour (1933) Lost Horizon (1933) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) We Are Not Alone (1937) Random Harvest (1941) So Well Remembered (1945) Nothing So Strange (1947) Morning Journey (1951) Time and Time Again (1953)
Non-fiction	Mr. Chips Looks at the World (1939) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) H.R.H.: The Story of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1956)
Short stories	"The Failure" (1924) "Twilight of the Wise" (1936) "The Bat King" (1937) "It's a Crazy World" (1937) "From Information Received" (1938) "The Girl Who Got There" (1938) To You, Mr Chips! (collection) (1938) "You Can't Touch Dotty" (1938)
Plays	And Now Goodbye (with Philip Howard) (1937) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (with Barbara Burnham) (1938)
Screenplays	Camille (1936) We Are Not Alone (1939) Lights Out in Europe (1940) Foreign Correspondent (dialogue) (1940) The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) Mrs. Miniver (1942) Forever and a Day (collaboration) (1943)
Adaptations	Lost Horizon (1937) Knight Without Armour (1937) We Are Not Alone (1939) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Rage in Heaven (1941) Random Harvest (1942) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) So Well Remembered (1947) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Lost Horizon (1973) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1984) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)

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