Next Time We Love

Next Time We Love is a 1936 American melodrama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Ray Milland.

The adapted screenplay was by Melville Baker, with an uncredited Preston Sturges and Doris Anderson, based on Ursula Parrott's 1935 novel Next Time We Live, which was serialized before publication as Say Goodbye Again.

There was debate about what to call the movie, with studio executives concerned that a motion picture entitled Next Time We Live might be misinterpreted as being about reincarnation, while director Edward H. Griffith wanted to avoid losing the publicity value of using the novel's title.

[3] Production on the film was delayed because Sullavan was shooting retakes for So Red the Rose,[5] but it began on 21 October 1935 and continued through 30 December.

[2] Shooting began with only half the script written by Melville Baker, so three weeks into production, the studio put Doris Anderson on the project as well.