Forever and a Day
During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is resolutely against the sale. While they spend the night in an air-raid shelter she tells him the story of the building from its construction in 1804 until the present.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Released
- 1943
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1943
Storyline
During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is resolutely against the sale. While they spend the night in an air-raid shelter she tells him the story of the building from its construction in 1804 until the present.
Top credits
- George Kirby — Wartime Newspaper Vendor
- Doreen Munroe — Wartime Londoner
May Beatty — Wartime Londoner Cook- Connie Leon — Wartime Londoner
Did you know
• Alfred Hitchcock prepared the sequence involving Ida Lupino, and was to have directed it; scheduling prevented him, and it was directed by René Clair, who used Hitchcock's script.
• All cast and crew worked without pay as an aid to war propaganda.
• This film has more credited writers than any other.
User reviews
Unique film of history and stamina on the English Homefront of WW II
Those plucky Brits!
History of a house in portmanteau movie
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
