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  Review by DreamScape40 ★★★★

  Lovely

  If I ever am old and living with more than 1 roommate, my spirit would be so much like Michael's character (the round one with white hair). But would never throw my wallet out the window to see if it would be returned. Oh no, not in this day and age.

  Such a warm and beautiful story.
  Loved how they did the ending.

  ✨

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  Review by anne_f_ ★★★★

  George (Harry Carey), Allan (C. Aubrey Smith) and Michael (Charles Winninger) are elderly friends who, one Christmas, inadvertently introduce James (Richard Carlson) and Jean (Jean Parker) to each other. James and Jean fall in love with each other to the delight of the three friends, and even death doesn't stop them 'interfering' in the young lovers' lives.
  This is a rather lovely Christmas story and passes the test of watchability outside the Christmas season, I wish that I had heard of it before.

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  Review by Warren Gilbert ★★★½

  Three rich men run an experiment during Christmas to see if anybody would return their wallets and end up bringing a young man and woman together. Unfortunately, as they are about to share the news of their upcoming marriage some time later the three men are killed in a plane crash. Over time the couple fall farther apart as the young man becomes a singer and is away often and interested in another woman so it's up to the ghosts of their three friends to try and bring them back together. Yes, Beyond Tomorrow feels like the plot of two or three movies jammed into one and it being a Christmas movie is debatable since only the opening takes place…

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  Review by PUNQ ★★½

  Tragically sweet. Narration was a bit faded, but it was clear it had spiritual purpose in finding the good in people and ghosts. A little trapped in it's glossed melodrama, but otherwise one that could have been easily been a all-time Christmas classic.

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  Review by Ryan Terry ★★★★

  Although of B-movie quality, Beyond Tomorrow is a motion picture with A-movie heart, it that makes any sense! The two leads are fine enough I guess, but the best parts of the movie are their interactions with the three grand old actors, Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith and Charles Winninger, as well as the welcome presence of The Wolf Man breakout Maria Ouspenskaya as Madame Tanya! It’s also rather Christmasy, and the film as a whole gives you a warm, welcoming feeling and fills you with the festive glow of the season!

  Also, everybody knows that the real star of the movie is C. Aubrey Smith’s moustache!

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  Review by 💀EmperorCupcake🧁 ★★★

  It's the other lesser-known Christmas ghost story, about three old rich guys who die in a plane crash and become guardian angel-ghosts to a singing cowboy and his girlfriend. Tale as old as time! Hilarious riffing by Bridget and Mary Jo, the highlight being the best chorus of national stereotypes since Santa Claus.

  Free on tubitv, check it out!

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  Review by annewithe ★★★

  I went in without any expectations and was immediately captivated by this heartwarming Christmas film. Admittedly this morality story is too sentimental but its charm cannot be overlooked and the cast makes this very enjoyable. Charles Winninger, Harry Carey and C. Aubrey Smith give lovely performances as the three well-to-do older gentlemen who bring together Jean Parker and Richard Carlson. I really liked Parker, she reminds me a bit of Jean Arthur, and Maria Ouspenskaya as Madam Tanya deserves a special mention. The second part of the film is notably more somber, with too much focus on Carlson's singing career, and I enjoyed it less than the first half but I think this holiday film should be watched more widely and I will definitely rewatch this in subsequent years. 

  #4 of 50 films in my Classic Christmas Challenge

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  Review by mimbale 1

  Bizarre little ghost film goes hard. Fascinating sound effects.

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  Review by Mister All Sunday ★★½

  The afterlife is a waiting room where you wait until an unknown voice decides whether you go to heaven or hell. Meanwhile, you can burn time while watching your friends make bad choices.

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  Review by loureviews ★★★★½

  I'd remembered this as being a rather sweet festive film in which the ghosts of three crusty businessmen help two young lovers get together.

  Showing under its alternative title, Beyond Christmas, this benefits fron the talents of four veteran players - Harry Carey, C Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, and Maria Ouspenskaya - and nicely judged ones from Jean Parker and Richard Carlson as the couple who need a bit of a nudge to happiness.

  What could have come across as a very silly plot works thanks to a thoughtful screenplay by Adele Comandini and assured direction from A Edward Sutherland. This is an effective fable which I was very pleased to renew acquaintance with.

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  Review by Lowbacca ★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I really want to see the movie that this could've been. The beginning of three rich industrialists that decide to see who is willing to return a wallet with money in them, and then welcoming these people in on Christmas Eve, is a nice touch and I appreciate that thy do have three different sorts of characters to them, this isn't three carbon copy characters. The two young people, both largely on their own in New York City, fall in love and that becomes an additional interest to the wealthy trio.

  Where this loses me is with their deaths. It's not that that's a bad thing for the story, plenty of other movies have worked the concept where ghosts try…

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  Review by space1999 ★★★

  This was a weird little buried gem. I enjoyed it, but it felt a little too long for it's own good. Plus I felt the singer chick kind of got a bum rap.