Another Dawn (also known as Caesar's Wife ) is a 1937 American melodrama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Errol Flynn , Kay Francis and Ian Hunter . It is based on Somerset Maugham 's 1919 play Caesar's Wife . It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers . The film received dismissive reviews.
20-465: Another Dawn may refer to: Another Dawn (1937 film) , American film starring Errol Flynn, Kay Francis and Ian Hunter Another Dawn (1943 film) , Mexican film starring Andrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz and Alberto Galán Another Dawn (album) , 2010 release by the band Tempest See also [ edit ] Always Another Dawn , 1948 Australian film starring Charles Tingwell Topics referred to by
40-455: A memo to Hal Wallis dated July 21, 1938, claimed he did not want to make the film but did it as a favour to producer Hal Wallis. Errol Flynn did not want to make the film either, and he did not like working for William Dieterle. He was also negotiating with Warner Bros. for a new contract and on one occasion refused to come out of his trailer. Filming began September 26, 1936, but Francis was exhausted after making back-to-back pictures, and it
60-809: A part in Not for Sale (1924) directed by W.P. Kellino for Stoll Pictures . Hunter made his first trip to the United States because Basil Dean , the British actor and director, was producing Richard Brinsley Sheridan 's The School for Scandal at the Knickerbocker Theater. However, the production folded after one performance. He met the director Alfred Hitchcock in 1927 and was featured in Hitchcock's The Ring (1927) and stayed for Downhill (US: When Boys Leave Home , 1927) and Easy Virtue (1928), based on
80-755: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Another Dawn (1937 film) Colonel John Wister ( Ian Hunter ) is in charge of a post in the British desert colony of Dickit. While on leave in England he meets and falls in love with the beautiful American Julia Ashton ( Kay Francis ), whose aviator fiancé disappeared in his plane and presumably died. Although Julia does not love John, she likes him and agrees to his marriage proposal. John takes Julia to Dickit, where she meets John's best friend, Captain Denny Roark ( Errol Flynn ), and Denny's sister, Grace ( Frieda Inescort ), who
100-414: Is honest with herself knows that she can only love once.” She goes with him to a desert outpost where she meets Captain Denny Roark (Errol Flynn), and recognizes at once that every woman who is honest with herself knows that it’s possible to make a mistake. Things intensify rapidly, what with stifled passion, fighting Arabs and raging siroccos. In the end Colonel Wister flies away on a suicide mission, leaving
120-594: Is secretly in love with John. Denny reminds Julia of her dead fiancé and the two of them fall in love. John discovers this; although he would give her a divorce, he knows that she is too decent to leave him. A subplot involves Private Wilkins, guilty of cowardice, given a second chance by the Colonel and abused by the other enlisted men, who present him with a box full of white feathers . On an expedition led by Roark, Wilkins “picks up his white feathers” and dies defending his comrades. An uprising by local Arabs means that one of
140-597: The Noël Coward play. By late 1928, he returned to Broadway for only a months run in the original comedy Olympia and stayed in America to work in Hollywood on Syncopation (1929) for RKO , his first sound film. Hunter returned to London for Dean's thriller Escape (1930). In The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) with Bette Davis , Hunter made his connection with Warner Bros. But before settling in with them through much of
160-839: The 1930s, he did three pictures in succession with British director Michael Powell . He then appeared as the Duke in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) for Warner Bros. It marked the start of a string of nearly 30 films for the studio. Among the best remembered was his jovial King Richard the Lionheart in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Hunter was also paired in seven movies with Kay Francis between 1935 and 1938. Hunter appeared in The Little Princess (1939) as Captain Reginald Crewe. And he
180-540: The US and Canada) and $ 473,000 overseas. Generally, critical reviews were dismissive, saying that the film was mainly notable for its "haunting score" rather than its actors or story. In her September 1, 1937, review for Macleans , Ann Ross observed that the film is “an oid-fashioned problem drama, presenting Kay Francis in the usual set of mournful predicaments, the usual outfit of wonderful clothes. She… marries Colonel John Wister (Ian Hunter), assuring him that “every woman who
200-523: The lovers facing another dawn. There’s nothing very new about Miss Francis’ latest picture except the star’s wardrobe. Even in the middle of an Arabian sandstorm, she’s still the screen’s best-dressed woman.” In 1939 Warners announced Flynn and Geraldine Fitzgerald would star in The Outpost, adapted from Caesar's Wife by Somerset Maugham and directed by Michael Curtiz . Eventually announcements stated that Flynn had been replaced by Cary Grant . Warners
220-561: The middle of that decade after nearly 100 films. Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis , Tower of London (1939, as King Edward IV ), and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1955 in the recurring role of Sir Richard of
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#1732876892863240-431: The production so he could travel to Borneo and take footage for a film based on a story of his own, The White Rajah . Then Davis went on suspension, forcing Warners to find other actors to take over her roles. Tallulah Bankhead was announced for Another Dawn but The New York Times said this casting was "subject to change without notice." Eventually Warners decided to give the role to Kay Francis; William Dieterle
260-420: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Another Dawn . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Another_Dawn&oldid=704129714 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
280-460: The script. Doyle would receive an original story credit for the film, with no attribution being given to Maugham, although the film also dealt with a love triangle between two friends and the wife of one of them in a colonial outpost. Ian Hunter later joined as the third star. In June, Warners announced that the film would be one of their "special productions" for the following year. Flynn insisted that Warner Bros give him three months off after
300-546: The soldiers must fly a suicidal bombing mission. Denny volunteers, but as he is saying good bye to Julia, John takes off instead, sacrificing his life so that his best friend and wife can be together. Somerset Maugham's play Caesar's Wife was first performed in 1919, starring C. Aubrey Smith . It concerned Sir Arthur Little, a British consulate agent in Cairo, who married a 19-year-old wife, Violet. Violet likes Little but falls in love with his private secretary, Ronald Perry. The play
320-603: Was advertising the film as late as 1941, but apparently it was never made. Ian Hunter (actor) Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a Cape Colony-born British actor of stage, film and television. On his return from military service Hunter studied under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama , then based in the Royal Albert Hall , London. Within two years he made his stage debut. He decided to work in British silent films taking
340-675: Was filmed in 1928 as Infatuation, starring Corinne Griffith . Warners bought the rights to Caesar's Wife in late 1935. Errol Flynn had just impressed the studio with his performance in Captain Blood, and he was announced as the male lead of Caesar's Wife in February 1936. In March, it was announced Flynn and Bette Davis would co-star in Another Dawn and that the film would be set in Iraq , with Laird Doyle , who had written Dangerous , doing
360-589: Was showing up in the footage. Warners was interrupted when an exhausted Francis went in holiday in Europe in November 1936. It resumed and was completed in February 1937. Erich Wolfgang Korngold was so pleased with his theme music for this production that he used it in the first movement of the Violin Concerto he wrote some years later. According to Warner Bros records, Another Dawn earned $ 572,000 domestically (in
380-550: Was the benign guardian angel-like Cambreau in Loew's Strange Cargo (1940) with Clark Gable . He was staying regularly busy in Hollywood until into 1942 when he returned to Britain to serve in the war effort. Hunter appeared once more on Broadway in 1948 and made Edward, My Son (1949) for MGM-British with George Cukor directing and Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr in the lead roles. Hunter worked once more for Michael Powell ( The Queen's Guards , 1961) and then retired in
400-655: Was to direct. "I don't do much in it," said Francis. "Things just happen about me. I am just a wife who has been unfortunate in love, as usual." Filming of Another Dawn took place on the Warners backlot at Lasky Mesa, in Calabasas, California, with action sequences also shot in Yuma, Arizona. Flynn apparently wrecked his ankle while playing tennis during the making of the film and required hospitalization. Francis also missed three days filming due to toxic poisoning. William Dieterle, in
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