for the young man. His wish is granted and James returns to life. Michael is reunited with a now-repentant George, and both are admitted into Heaven. CastIn order of their appearance Harry Carey as George Melton C. Aubrey Smith as Allan Chadwick Charles Winninger as Michael O'Brien Alex Melesh as Josef (butler) Maria Ouspenskaya as Madam Tanya Helen Vinson as Arlene Terry Rod La Rocque as Phil Hubert Richard Carlson as James Houston Jean Parker as Jean Lawrence J. Anthony Hughes as Officer Johnson Robert Homans as Sergeant Virginia McMullen as Secretary James Bush as Jace Taylor William Bakewell as David Chadwick Production Principal photography for Beyond Tomorrow began in late November 1939 at the General Service Studios. Song The song "It's Raining Dreams" was written by Harold Spina and Charles Newman. Reception Although Beyond Tomorrow was considered a "Christmas Carol" and had some redeeming features including its talented cast of character actors, reviewer Bosley Crowther of The New York Times felt that the plot let the film down. "For its first half it is a latter-day Christmas carol, told with a gamin tenderness and warming as a hot toddy. But when its three elderly good Samaritans return from a plane crash as celluloid chimeras, its mystical peregrinations are more preposterous than moving." Home media colorized version In 2004, a colorized version of the black-and-white film was produced by Legend Films and released by 20th Century Fox under the title Beyond Christmas."Beyond Christmas." Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved: December 31, 2013."The Mark of Zorro Coming to Alhambra."The Kentucky New Era, November 29, 1940, p. 8. In other media Bridget Nelson and Mary Jo Pehl from the cult science fiction series Mystery Science Theater 3000 spoofed the film on RiffTrax December 15, 2017.RiffTrax: A Guide to Christmas and Holiday Episodes|Den of Geek See also List of American films of 1940 List of Christmas films List of ghost films References Citations Bibliography Jewell, Richard B. The RKO Story''. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. . External links (original black-and-white version) Beyond Tomorrow at Google Videos 1940 films 1940s Christmas films 1940s fantasy films American black-and-white films American Christmas films American ghost films American romantic fantasy films Films directed by A. Edward Sutherland RKO Pictures films 1940s American films