A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember
Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byGarson Kanin
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
Based onFailure
1932 short story
by Katharine Haviland-Taylor
Produced byRobert Sisk
StarringAnne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Lee Bowman
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byJack Hively
Music byRoy Webb
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • October 14, 1938 (1938-10-14) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$118,000[1]
Box office$416,000[1]

A Man to Remember is a 1938 American drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director. The picture was based on the short story Failure, written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, and the screenplay was penned by Dalton Trumbo. The story tells of a saintly small-town doctor working under difficult circumstances somewhere in the United States after World War I. The movie is a remake of One Man's Journey (1933) starring Lionel Barrymore.[2]

  1. ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "A Man to Remember Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved June 2, 2008.