|
|
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780020580
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0780020588
Label: Homevision
Manufacturer: Homevision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 52438
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 1943
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A slow-moving but historic attempt to bolster the British War Relief effort in 1943, Forever and a Day is a drama about the inhabitants of a magnificent English home, beginning in the early 19th century. The story isn't much, but there's a charming spirituality about the house and what happens to those who nurture it and abuse it. It's a metaphor, of course, for England itself. Most of all, the celebrity lineup is a real treat: There are 80 stars, including Brian Aherne, Robert Cummings, Ida Lupino, Charles Laughton, Herbert Marshall, Ray Milland, Merle Oberon, Claude Rains, Victor McLaglen, Buster Keaton, C. Aubrey Smith, Elsa Lanchester, and Edmund Gwenn. Talent was stacked up behind the camera as well: René Clair, Edmund Goulding, and Cedric Hardwicke are among the directors. --Bill Desowitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Propoganda film has nice bits, but does not fare well with time.
In 1943 this episodic story tells the history of Britain by following the history of a house and the two families whose lives were entwined with it. This RKO film opens by saying that it was collaborative effort of many studios. Having more than 30 major stars, many of them Brits, and listing 7 directors, its stated purpose is to serve as a tribute to "united effort" clearly an implicit allusion to the United States joining in WWII.
The opening drags a bit, an American in war torn ... Read More
Rating: - Values To Fight For, With A Great Cast
This is the story of a London house, from when it was built in 1804 as Napoleon was threatening to invade England, to the height of the blitz when Hitler was threatening to invade England. It's the story of the people who built house, who lived in it through the generations. It also is a valentine from Hollywood to the people of Britain to let them know their bravery and steadfastness is recognized and understood in America. The Hollywood studios collaborated on the film, allowing dozens of British ... Read More
Rating:  - Amazing collection of stars in a classic epic film
Forever and a Day is a marvelous, lyrical piece of World War II propaganda that boasts one of the most amazing casts and crew ever assembled for a motion picture.
As the film begins, the Nazis are bombing London and an American visitor, Gates T. Pomfret (Kent Smith), journeys into the city searching for a house his father owns and that the current boarder, Lesley Trimble (Ruth Warrick), wishes to purchase. Gates' sarcastic attitude about the house leads Lesley to relate the history of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Struggles To Maintain Your Interest
This film suffers slightly from being a product of its times. The Second World War was in full cry and to help raise morale (and money) well-meaning directors and actors got together to make 'Forever and a Day'. In fact the cast list is one of the prime reasons for buying this DVD - it's certainly why I bought it. Jessie Matthews, Elsa Lanchester, Claude Rains, Charles Laughton - even Buster Keaton - they're all here! But you can't escape the feeling that this is a 1940's 'USA for Africa'. Whilst ... Read More
Rating: - One Of The Best Epical Films Yet...
The British, and some American, cast shines in thiswnderful depiction of a grand English mansion and its inhabitants for over one-hundred years. The scenes of this picture are geniusely executed and planned out to the second! The efforts of actors such as Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith and Claude Rains were beyond words. Anyway, to all those not familiar with "Forever and a Day," it beigns with one grand-scale English being built in 1804 during the Napoleonic Era. This film advances through all ... Read More
|
|
