| Looking Forward | |
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Written by | Bess Meredyth H.M. Harwood |
| Based on | Service 1932 play by Dodie Smith |
| Produced by | Clarence Brown Harry Rapf |
| Starring | Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Benita Hume Elizabeth Allan |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
| Music by | William Axt |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Looking Forward is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown starring Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Benita Hume. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The sets and costumes were designed by studio regulars Cedric Gibbons and Adrian. Based on the 1932 Dodie Smith play Service, it depicts the desperate struggle of a London department store owner to save his business during the Great Depression. The film's title was taken from a book by the newly-inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is quoted in the film's prologue.[1] The film was strongly backed by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Pictures and Hearst was involved in the securing of the president's support for the film's new title.[2]