By Violet LeVoit
Forever Yours
Brief Synopsis
A woman who has a failed romance becomes involved with a widowed opera singer.
Cast & Crew
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Stanley Irving
Director
Beniamino Gigli
Enzo Curti
Joan Gardner
Helen Carlton
Hugh Wakefield
Curti's manager
Allan Jeayes
London manager
Charles Carson
George Arnold
Film Details
Also Known As
Forget-Me-Not, The Magic Voice
Genre
Romance
Drama
Musical
Release Date
May
15,
1937
Premiere Information
London opening: Dec 1936
Production Company
London Film Productions, Ltd.
Distribution Company
Grand National Films, Inc.
Country
Great Britain and United States
Location
Great Britain
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 10m
Synopsis
Rich businessman George Arnold and his secretary, Helen Carlton, travel on the ship Orlandia from Southampton to New York. As the ship approaches New York, Helen begins to fall in love with the ship's first officer, Hugh Anderson, much to the displeasure of Irene, Hugh's jealous female friend. Helen and Hugh listen to famous opera singer Enzo Curti sing Helen's favorite song "Non ti scardar di me" on the radio. Later, Helen overhears Irene tell some of the other ship passengers that Hugh makes a point of seducing one new female passenger each voyage. Helen, believing the worse, refuses to see Hugh again. The ship arrives in New York City, where Helen goes to the Metropolitan Opera House and becomes heartbroken when she hears Enzo sing her favorite song once more. Enzo is moved by the young woman in the audience who is reacting to his singing. After the concert, Helen finds a young boy playing in the hallway of her hotel room, only to learn that he is Enzo's son Benvenuto. Enzo arrives and coaxes Helen into watching him serenade his young son to sleep. Enzo immediately falls in love with Helen and proposes marriage. Helen is overwhelmed by the opera singer's talent and kindness, and she accepts. The two are married, and Enzo begins a world-wide concert tour, which includes a stop in London. Once home, Helen runs into Hugh, who tells her that Irene confessed to lying about his amorous ways out of sheer jealousy and begs Helen to run away with him to Australia. The night of the London concert, Enzo goes to the theater alone. Once there, he receives a telegram that his wife is about to desert him for another man. The opera singer refuses to perform until Helen arrives at the theater. Helen does arrives, but leaves her box after Enzo finishes his first number. After the concert, Enzo rushes back to his hotel, only to discover that Helen has gone, leaving his young son alone. Benvenuto begs his heartbroken father to sing him a lullaby and, regaining his composure, the opera singer does so, but with much effort. As he finishes the lullaby, Enzo sees that Helen has re- appeared in the doorway, returning to her loving husband and stepson.
Director
Stanley Irving
Director
Cast
Beniamino Gigli
Enzo Curti
Joan Gardner
Helen Carlton
Hugh Wakefield
Curti's manager
Allan Jeayes
London manager
Charles Carson
George Arnold
Ivan Brandt
Hugh Anderson
Jeanne Stuart
Irene
Hay Petrie
New York manager
Richard Gofe
Benvenuto, the child
Crew
Edward L. Alperson
Presented By
Jules Barbier
Composer
Georges Bizet
Composer
Salvatore Cammarano
Composer
Edoardo Di Capua
Composer
Giovanni Capurro
Composer
Michel Carré
Composer
Henry Cornelius
Film Editor
Ernesto De Curtis
Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Composer
Friedrich Von Flotow
Composer
Alberto Giacalone
Producer
Charles Gounod
Composer
Hugh Gray
Scen
Ludovic Halévy
Composer
Ernest Marishka
Composer
Henri Meilhac
Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Composer
Francesco Maria Piave
Composer
Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
Composer
Felice Romani
Composer
Alphonse Royer
Composer
Hans Schneeberger
Camera
Eugéne Scribe
Composer
Ambroise Thomas
Composer
Gustave Vaez
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Richard Wagner
Composer
A. W. Watkins
Recording Director
Arthur Wimperis
Scen
Film Details
Also Known As
Forget-Me-Not, The Magic Voice
Genre
Romance
Drama
Musical
Release Date
May
15,
1937
Premiere Information
London opening: Dec 1936
Production Company
London Film Productions, Ltd.
Distribution Company
Grand National Films, Inc.
Country
Great Britain and United States
Location
Great Britain
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 10m
Articles
Forget-Me-Not
Brothers Zoltan and Alexander Korda were Hungarian-born heavyweights in the British film industry. Alexander made his name as a mogul for London Films and British Lion Films, Zoltan in directing movies like Sahara (1943) and The Jungle Book (1942). Talent ran in the family, too -- third Korda brother Vincent was an art director, and Zoltan was married to actress Joan Gardner. In this, one of two movies where husband directed wife, the young secretary Helen (Gardner) takes a cruise and meets handsome first officer Hugh Anderson (Ivan Brandt). They have a flirtation but are separated by malicious lies from Helen's jealous friend. In the aftermath, a brokenhearted Helen marries a gallant opera singer (Beniamino Gigli) and adopts his adorable son as her own. But when the jealous friend confesses her lie, will Helen stay with her opera singer husband? Or chase after the sailor who got away? A remake of German film Vergiss Mein Nicht (1935), with all new actors, except for Gigli reprising his role from the original.
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Forget-Me-Not
Brothers Zoltan and Alexander Korda were Hungarian-born heavyweights in the British film industry. Alexander made his name as a mogul for London Films and British Lion Films, Zoltan in directing movies like Sahara (1943) and The Jungle Book (1942). Talent ran in the family, too -- third Korda brother Vincent was an art director, and Zoltan was married to actress Joan Gardner. In this, one of two movies where husband directed wife, the young secretary Helen (Gardner) takes a cruise and meets handsome first officer Hugh Anderson (Ivan Brandt). They have a flirtation but are separated by malicious lies from Helen's jealous friend. In the aftermath, a brokenhearted Helen marries a gallant opera singer (Beniamino Gigli) and adopts his adorable son as her own. But when the jealous friend confesses her lie, will Helen stay with her opera singer husband? Or chase after the sailor who got away? A remake of German film Vergiss Mein Nicht (1935), with all new actors, except for Gigli reprising his role from the original.
By Violet LeVoit
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This film was released in Great Britain under the title Forget-Me-Not. According to Variety, the film was released in the United States by Grand National, instead of London Films' usual distributor, United Artists, on the condition that producer Alexander Korda's name not be used in any domestic billing or advertising. Variety also noted that opera singer Beniamino Gigli had formally performed with the Metropolitain Opera in New York City. The film was reissued in the United States in 1951 as The Magic Voice. While reviews for the United States release of this film state that the director was Stanley Irving, modern sources credit Zoltan Korda as director, with Irving as assistant director, and the pressbook for the 1951 reissue lists producer Alberto Giacalone as director. Modern sources include Producer Alexander Korda, Camera Operator Robert Krasker, Music Mischa Spoliansky and Muir Mathieson Music Director in the production.
