There’s Always Tomorrow

Oh, that Douglas Sirk. The king of suburban ’50s melodrama is being given his due at this year’s Walker Summer Music and Movies program, and it’s about time. In There’s Always Tomorrow, Fred MacMurray—possibly the most underrated actor of his generation—plays a successful family man who is, nevertheless, plagued by disappointment. His wife is focused on their kids, who live their own lives and leave Dad pondering the meaning of it all. And then in walks Barbara Stanwyck—remember their pairing from Double Indemnity?—and sparks fly. But while the wife remains oblivious to her husband’s absence, MacMurray’s oldest child suspects treachery. Per the usual with Sirk, emotions are crushed beneath the stifling norms of the ’50s, and no one can emerge unscathed. 612-375-7600; www.walkerart.org