Forever and a Day (1943)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

Edmund Goulding
Cedric Hardwicke

Writers:

Charles Bennett (writer)
Alan Campbell (writer)

Release Date:

21 January 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

During World War II an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family...

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Beautiful Woman

Cast

George Kirby	...	Wartime Newspaper Vendor
Doreen Munroe	...	Wartime Londoner (as Doreen Monroe)
May Beatty	...	Wartime Londoner Cook
Connie Leon	...	Wartime Londoner
Joy Harington	...	Wartime Bus conductor (as Joy Harrington)
Kent Smith	...	Gates Trimble Pomfret
Ernest Grooney	...	Hotel Manager
Reginald Gardiner	...	Assistant Hotel Manager
Victor McLaglen	...	Archibald Spavin (hotel doorman)
Billy Bevan	...	Wartime Cabby
Arthur Treacher	...	Second Air Raid Watcher
Harry Allen	...	First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Aubrey Mather	...	Man in Air Raid shelter
Ethel Griffies	...	Wife of man in Air Raid Shelter
June Lockhart	...	Girl in Air Raid Shelter

Also Known As:

The Changing World (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

Alfred Hitchcock prepared the sequence involving Ida Lupino, and was to have directed it; scheduling prevented him, and it was directed by René Clair, who used Hitchcock's script.

Huge Cast Makes This One A Winner

In 1943, while the War still raged, an incredible assortment of British performers living in Hollywood got together to make a morale booster of a movie to top all the others. Joining in the production was a first class collection of producers, directors & writers. Although seldom viewed now, FOREVER AND A DAY is a wonderful film, absolutely not to be missed.

The story is of 140 years in the life of a London house, right up to the Blitz, and of the two families - sometimes feuding, sometimes merging - that called it home. Its endurance through history's onslaughts becomes a symbol of the British Nation's resolve to fight anything Hitler could throw against them.

A partial listing of the cast illustrates its richness: Claude Rains, Ida Lupino, Merle Oberon, Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Dame May Whitty, Dame Gladys Cooper, Dame Anna Neagle, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Sir C. Aubrey Smith & Buster Keaton. Together, with many others, they combine to serve up cracking good entertainment.