Cinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Richard Haydn, Jessica Tandy, Anne Revere, John Russell, Leo G. Carroll (more)Plots(1)
They said it couldn't be done, but they did it: Kathleen Winsor's "notorious", bestselling bodice-ripper Forever Amber actually made it to the screen in 1947 with full censorial approval. Of course, it was necessary to tone down the more erotic passages of Winsor's novel, but the end result pleased fans of the book and bluenosed nonfans alike. A last-minute replacement for British import Peggy Cummins, Linda Darnell steps into the role of 17th century blonde bed-hopper Amber as though she'd been born to play it. Feeling suppressed by her Puritan upbringing, Amber heads to London, finding considerable success as a courtesan (that's the polite word for it). The first real love of her life is dashing soldier Bruce Carlton, who leaves her pregnant and penniless when he marches off to war. Subsequent amours include the sadistic Earl of Radcliffe (a superbly loathsome performance by comic actor Richard Haydn), handsome highwayman Black Jack Mallard (John Russell) and privateer Captain Rex Morgan (Glenn Langan). Surviving the Plague and the Great London Fire with nary a hair out of place, Amber ends up in the arms of no less than King Charles II (wittily portrayed by George Sanders), but true love, as personified by Bruce Carlton, will always elude her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Linda Darnell
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Bernadette (1943)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Cornel Wilde
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
High Sierra (1941)
Edge of Eternity (1959)
Richard Greene
UK
Best movies:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Black Castle (1952)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
Glenn Langan
USA
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
99 River Street (1953)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Richard Haydn
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Anne Revere
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Bernadette (1943)
John Russell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Josey Wales, hors-la-loi (1976)
Leo G. Carroll
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
North by Northwest (1959)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Margaret Wycherly
UK
Best movies:
The Yearling (1946)
White Heat (1949)
Random Harvest (1942)
Natalie Draper
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Alma Kruger
USA
Best movies:
These Three (1936)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Alan Napier
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Bernadette (1943)
Madame Curie (1943)
John Rogers
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
To Each His Own (1946)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Victoria Horne
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Harvey (1950)
Ellen Corby
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
John Power
Australia
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Dolores Hart
USA
Best movies:
Loving You (1957)
King Creole (1958)
Forever Amber (1947)
Margot Grahame
UK
Best movies:
The Informer (1935)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Forever Amber (1947)