Forever Amber

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For the 1960s British band, see Forever Amber (band).

Forever Amber
Forever Amber VHS cover
Directed by	Otto Preminger John M. Stahl (uncredited)
Produced by	William Perlberg
Starring	Linda Darnell Cornel Wilde Richard Greene George Sanders
Music by	David Raksin
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	October 10, 1947 (U.S. release)
Running time	138 min.
Language	English
Budget	$6,000,000 (estimated)
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Forever Amber is a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a movie by 20th Century Fox. It tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clair, who makes her way through 17th century English society by sleeping with more and more important men.

The book was roundly condemned by Roman Catholic "decency" watchdogs, which helped to make it popular. One critic went so far as to number each of the passages to which he objected. The film was finally completed after substantial changes to the script were made, toning down some of the book's most objectionable passages in order to appease Catholic media critics.

Released in 1947, the movie stars Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Richard Haydn, Dolores Hart, and Jessica Tandy. It was adapted by Jerome Cady, Philip Dunne and Ring Lardner Jr., and directed by Otto Preminger and John M. Stahl.