Saturday's Children (1940 film)
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| Directed by | Vincent Sherman |
| Written by | Julius J. Epstein Philip Epstein |
| Based on | Saturday's Children 1927 play by Maxwell Anderson |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | John Garfield Anne Shirley Claude Rains |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein Adolph Deutsch |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Saturday's Children is a 1940 American romance drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring John Garfield, Anne Shirley, and Claude Rains. It is a third-time remake of the original Maxwell Anderson play with a previous version released in 1935 under the title Maybe It's Love and Saturday's Children released in 1929. The title comes from the nursery rhyme in which Saturday’s child works hard for a living.