RKO Radio Pictures
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Forever and a Day
The Picture With a $1,000,000 Cast
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
- Original title
- Forever and a Day
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Dec 6, 2021 · via TMDB
A young American goes to London to sell the ancestral family home, and he spends the night listening to the Germans dropping bombs on the city while the current tenant tells him the entire history of the old mansion. Turns out, "this old house" has quite a backstory! Almost every famous British performer took part in this well-done wartime tribute. Kent Smith and Ruth Warrick are the two leads. Just a small sample of the rich cast includes Herbert Marshall, Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Dame May Whitty, Ida Lupino, Claude Rains, Elsa Lanchester, Roland Young, and Robert Cummings. I repeat, that was a small sample. It was really a brilliant touch having top names stars playing bit parts. It's fun, but nearly impossible, to try to spot everyone. Very engaging tale takes you back to a very different time, giving you a pleasant escape from life on a dreary afternoon. Told almost an anthology form, the script is thoughtful and well-written. This production was apparently the brainchild of Sir Cedric Hardwicke. The cast and crew donated their time and talent, and were not paid for their services. The project took a long time to get off the ground, and by the time filming began, several potential contributors had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts, including Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, and Alfred Hitchcock.
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Kent Smith
Gates Trimble Pomfret
Reginald Gardiner
Assistant Hotel Manager
Victor McLaglen
Archibald Spavin
Billy Bevan
Wartime Cabby
Arthur Treacher
Second Air Raid Watcher
Ruth Warrick
Lesley Trimble
C. Aubrey Smith
Eustace Trimble
Edmund Gwenn
Stubbs
Ray Milland
Bill Trimble
May Whitty
Lucy Trimble
Gene Lockhart
Cobblewick
Anna Neagle
Susan Trenchard
Claude Rains
Ambrose Pomfret
Jessie Matthews
Mildred Trimble
Reginald Owen
Simpson
Ian Hunter
Dexter Pomfret
Charles Laughton
Bellamy
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Dabb
Anna Lee
Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret
Patric Knowles
Trimble-Pomfret Son
Edward Everett Horton
Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
Isobel Elsom
Lady Trimble-Pomfret
June Duprez
Julia Trimble-Pomfret
Ida Lupino
Jenny Jones
Brian Aherne
Jim Trimble
Merle Oberon
Marjorie Ismay
Una O'Connor
Caroline Ismay
Nigel Bruce
Major Garrow
Elsa Lanchester
Mamie
Robert Coote
Blind Officer
June Lockhart
Girl in Air Raid Shelter
Roland Young
Henry Barringer
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Barringer
Robert Cummings
Ned
Donald Crisp
Captain Martin
May Beatty
Wartime Londoner Cook
Joy Harington
Wartime Bus Conductor
Herbert Marshall
Curate in Air Raid Shelter
Buster Keaton
Wilkins
Harry Allen
First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Aubrey Mather
Man in Air Raid Shelter
Ethel Griffies
Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter
Halliwell Hobbes
Doctor
Montagu Love
Sir John Bunn
Cecil Kellaway
Dinner Guest
Wendy Barrie
Edith Trimble-Pomfret
Queenie Leonard
Maid
Eric Blore
Charles
Emily Fitzroy
Ms. Fulcher
Richard Haydn
Mr. Fulcher
Odette Myrtil
Madame Gaby
June Tripp
V. A. D. girl
Ivan F. Simpson
Dexter
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Cedric Hardwicke
Director
Edmund Goulding
Director
Frank Lloyd
Director
Herbert Wilcox
Director
René Clair
Director
Robert Stevenson
Director
C. S. Forester
Writer
Charles Bennett
Writer
Christopher Isherwood
Writer
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Gene Lockhart
Writer
James Hilton
Writer
Peter Godfrey
Writer
W.P. Lipscomb
Writer
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