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Remake. One Way Passage was remade in 1940 as 'Til We Meet Again, featuring Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Binnie Barnes and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Although some scenes strongly echo the original, it is not a word-for-word, shot-for-shot remake, and there are new characters.
- $1,108,000
- Music and lyrics, "If I Had My Way":, James Kendis, Lou Klein
- $350,000
References. External links. 'Til We Meet Again is a 1940 romance film directed by Edmund Goulding and Anatole Litvak and starring Merle Oberon and George Brent as two doomed, star-crossed lovers. It is a remake—with new characters and some different scenes—of the 1932 film One Way Passage.
- April 20, 1940
- Hal B. Wallis (exec. prod.)
No wonder the film -- a remake of one of the most fondly remembered romances of the 1930s, One Way Passage (1932), which starred William Powell and Kay Francis as the lovers -- was one of Brent's favorites. Brent plays a criminal who's headed for the electric chair at San Quentin.
- Edmund Goulding, Chuck Hansen
- Merle Oberon
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The film was remade in 1940 as 'Til We Meet Again with George Brent and Merle Oberon, but it wasn't nearly the hit that One Way Passage was. It just proves that a potent on-screen chemistry between two romantic leads is the key to the success of a film like One Way Passage.
- Tay Garnett, Bob Fellows
- William Powell
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/19 Full Review Audience Member Classy, richly appointed remake of One Way Passage is close to a scene for scene remake but the talented cast ...
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- Edmund Goulding
- Romance
- Merle Oberon
One Way Passage: Directed by Tay Garnett. With William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh. A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
One Way Passage was remade in 1939 as ‘Til We Meet Again, with Merle Oberon and George Brent. The remake was planned as a Bette Davis vehicle, but she wouldn’t do it. Satisfied with her own performance in Dark Victory (1939), she wanted something different outside the glamorous, dying heiress roles. Vintage Reviews.
