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Forever Amber (1947)

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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

Oct 5, 1994

20th Century Fox Film Corporat

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Here is a $4 million (and claimed to be more) picture that looks its cost.

October 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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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.

January 28, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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It's a lush Fox production, photographed in Technicolor by the great Leon Shamroy and directed by a wholly uninterested Otto Preminger.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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Disappointing adaptation of Kathleen Winsor's lurid best-seller novel.

January 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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While the production was surprisingly lavish (the budget was something around $6.5 million), the film suffers from its inability to detail the eroticism of the story due to 1940s censorship.

October 23, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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Preminger's direction lacks the sophisticated lightness of touch that Mitchell Leisen brought to the in some ways similar Kitty.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
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A very well done period piece starring the beautiful Linda Darnell.

August 28, 2008
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Mason Williams

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Linda is ravishing and the costumes are incredibly sumptous, they had to cut the guts out of the novel but on its own terms a fun ride.

February 3, 2008
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jay nixon

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