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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

Unrated, 2 hr. 20 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Otto Preminger

Written By: Jerome Cady, Philip Dunne, Ring Lardner, Jerry Cady

In Theaters: Oct 22, 1947 Wide

On DVD: Oct 5, 1994

20th Century Fox Film Corporat

Cast

Jane Ball
Corinne Carlton
Linda Darnell
Amber St. Clair
Edmund Breon
Lord Redmond
Cornel Wilde
Bruce Carlton
Richard Greene
Lord Almsbury
Leo G Carroll
Matt Goodgroome
Robert Coote
Sir Thomas Dudley
George Sanders
Charles II
Jessica Tandy
Nan Britton
Anne Revere
Mother Red Cap
Natalie Draper
Countess of Castlemaine
Richard Haydn
Lord Radcliffe
Alma Kruger
Lady Redmond
Glenn Langan
Capt. Rex Morgan
Alan Napier
Landale
John Russell
Black Jack Mallard
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Song
Robert Adler
Leonard Carey
Dead Caller
Ellen Corby
Marge
James Craven
Messenger
Cyril Delevanti
Cobbler
Vernon P. Downing
Fop
Edith Evanson
Sarah
Robert Greig
Magistrate
Victoria Horne
Quaker
Boyd Irwin
Lord Rossmore
Ian Keith
Tybalt
Skelton Knaggs
Blueskin
Lillian Molieri
Queen Catherine
Ottola Nesmith
Mrs. Chiverton
Tempe Piggott
Midwife
Will Stanton
Dead-Eye
Houseley Stevenson Sr.
Mr. Starling
Tom Stevenson
Groom
Gilchrist Stuart
Norma Varden
Mrs. Abbott
Cecil Weston
Woman
Frederic Worlock
Actor
Richard Bailey
Bob Starling
Tim Huntley
Ivers
Peter Shaw
Deacon
Pati Behrs
Makeup Artist
David Ralston
Drunken Pop
David Murray

Critic Reviews for Forever Amber

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (5)

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

October 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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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

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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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

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Disappointing adaptation of Kathleen Winsor's lurid best-seller novel.

January 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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A very well done period piece starring the beautiful Linda Darnell.

August 28, 2008

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

jay nixon

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