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Forever Amber

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Left at a farmer's doorstep during the English Civil War, Amber St. Clair (Linda Darnell) -- a girl of noble birth -- grows up in a small village under the puritanical eye of her guardian. Wanting more out of life, she flees her home for London, following a traveling soldier, Bruce Carlton (Cornel Wilde). Once in the city, Amber and Bruce form a relationship, but Bruce soon leaves for the high seas. Alone and pregnant, Amber decides to continue her upward social climb.

Critics Reviews

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James Agee TIME Magazine Linda Darnell ... makes a handsome but unexciting Amber. Cornel Wilde, as Amber's steady, Lord Bruce Carlton, uses both of his facial expressions frequently. Mar 2, 2018 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Here is a $4 million (and claimed to be more) picture that looks its cost. Oct 23, 2007 Full Review Bosley Crowther New York Times The film runs for two hours and twenty minutes, which is just about an hour too long considering its repetitious nature and the fact that it is pretty trashy stuff. Rated: 2/5 Jan 28, 2006 Full Review Nell Dodson Russell Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Forever Amber has the advantage of an eye-pleasing technicolor job to gloss over the fact that it's just two-and-one-half hours of yawn bait. Jan 15, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Hollywood had to considerably tone down the cinematic adaptation, although it also met with its fair share of puritanical naysaying. Rated: 3/4 Sep 18, 2021 Full Review Nathanael Hood The Retro Set However, the adaptation's studio-mandated propriety keeps it from truly transcending the tired strains of soap opera melodrama. Rated: 6/10 Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The best movie score ever composed! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member a good movie to watch . Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member "It's a lush Fox production, photographed in Technicolor by the great Leon Shamroy and directed by a wholly uninterested Otto Preminger." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A very well done period piece starring the beautiful Linda Darnell. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Could watch all the way through...so sad...the book was better I think...they need to remake it! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm quite fond of this underappreciated period romance. Linda Darnell really gets a chance to show off her impressive acting chops here, and shows she was quite the talented actress. George Sanders also gives and excellent performance, one of his best. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Otto Preminger

Director

John M. Stahl

Director

Linda Darnell

Amber

Cornel Wilde

Bruce Carlton

Richard Greene

Lord Almsbury

George Sanders

King Charles II

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Synopsis Left at a farmer's doorstep during the English Civil War, Amber St. Clair (Linda Darnell) -- a girl of noble birth -- grows up in a small village under the puritanical eye of her guardian. Wanting more out of life, she flees her home for London, following a traveling soldier, Bruce Carlton (Cornel Wilde). Once in the city, Amber and Bruce form a relationship, but Bruce soon leaves for the high seas. Alone and pregnant, Amber decides to continue her upward social climb.
Director
Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl
Producer
William Perlberg
Screenwriter
Philip Dunne, Ring Lardner Jr., Kathleen Winsor, Jerome Cady
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 22, 1947, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 29, 2014
Runtime
2h 20m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)