One Sunday Afternoon is a pre-Code 1933 romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...

 film directed by Stephen R. Roberts. Its screenplay was written by William Slavens McNutt

William Slavens McNutt

William Slavens McNutt , was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 28 films between 1922 and 1939. He was nominated for an Academy Award on two separate occasions. At the 1932 awards he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for Lady and Gent...

 and Grover Jones

Grover Jones

Grover Jones was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 104 films between 1920 and his death...

, based on the play of the same name by James Hagan. The story is of a small town dentist and his attempt to win back the old love of his life after years apart, although he is now married to another woman. The film stars Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...

, Fay Wray

Fay Wray

Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong...

, Frances Fuller

Frances Fuller

Frances Fuller was an American actress. She is the grandmother of fellow actress Rachel Miner and the niece of Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes...

 and Neil Hamilton, and opened on September 1, 1933. The film has been released to video, DVD

DVD

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, and Blu-Ray

Plot

Dr. Lucius Griffith 'Biff' Grimes (Gary Cooper) is a small town dentist dissatisfied with his lot. Though married to the lovely and affectionate Amy Lind Grimes (Frances Fuller), Grimes still carries a torch for his former sweetheart, Virginia 'Virgie' Brush Barnstead (Fay Wray). Years earlier, Grimes had lost Virgie to his old friend Hugo Barnstead (Neil Hamilton), and is consumed with the desire to get even with his rival. The now-wealthy Hugo comes to visit Grimes, with Virgie in town. Grimes then seeks to rekindle his old romance.

Cast

• Gary Cooper
  Gary Cooper
  Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
  
   - Dr. Lucius Griffith 'Biff' Grimes
• Fay Wray
  Fay Wray
  Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong...
  
   - Virginia 'Virgie' Brush Barnstead
• Frances Fuller
  Frances Fuller
  Frances Fuller was an American actress. She is the grandmother of fellow actress Rachel Miner and the niece of Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes...
  
   - Amy Lind Grimes
• Roscoe Karns
  Roscoe Karns
  Roscoe Karns was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964.He played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective from 1950 to 1954...
  
   - Snappy Downer
• Neil Hamilton - Hugo Barnstead, Owner Phoenix Carriage Factory
• Jane Darwell - Mrs. Lind, Amy's Mother
• Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick was an American actress. Her many film appearances include the role of Auntie Em in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:She was born Clara Dickey, the daughter of Isaac B...
  
   - Mrs. Brush, Virginia's Mother (scenes deleted)

See also

• Pre-Code Hollywood
• List of Pre-Code films
• Romantic comedy film
  Romantic comedy film
  Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...