Forever
1921 · United States
- Director
- George Fitzmaurice
- Screenplay
- Constance Collier, Ouida Bergère
- Cinematography
- Arthur Charles Miller
- Production company
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Based on
- Peter Ibbetson
Cast
What it is about
Peter Ibbetson is an orphan raised by his uncle, Colonel Ibbetson. After a bitter clash in the family, he is thrown out of the house and meets again Mimsi, his childhood sweetheart, who has since married. The two find a way to remain together in their dreams.
How it was made
The film adapts George du Maurier's 1891 novel, previously staged by John N. Raphael under the same title. The screenplay is credited to Ouida Bergère and Constance Collier, the direction to George Fitzmaurice, and the cinematography to Arthur Charles Miller. Wallace Reid and Elsie Ferguson star. In 1919 Famous Players-Lasky had planned a version with all three Barrymores, which was never made.
Reception and legacy
The available sources do not document its critical reception in detail. A copy stayed with Dorothy Davenport, Wallace Reid's widow, until the 1970s, but it was lost and the film is now considered lost. In February 2021 the National Film Preservation Board cited it on its list of lost American silent feature films.
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Trivia
A project with the Barrymores
In 1919 Famous Players-Lasky wanted to bring Lionel, John and Ethel Barrymore together on screen in a lavish production based on the novel, but the project was never made.
A lost print
Dorothy Davenport, Wallace Reid's widow, kept a copy until the 1970s, when she donated it for a proposed museum archive; the print was eventually lost.
More films by George Fitzmaurice
Mata Hari
The Son of the Sheik
As You Desire Me
The Barker
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
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