Now and Forever (1956 film)

Now and Forever
Directed by	Mario Zampi
Produced by	Mario Zampi
Written by	R.F. Delderfield Michael Pertwee
Based on	a play "The Orchard Walls" by R.F. Delderfield
Starring	Janette Scott
Music by	Stanley Black
Cinematography	Erwin Hillier
Edited by	Richard Best
Production company	Mario Zampi Productions (as Anglofilm)
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date	21 February 1956 (London) (UK)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£157,111[1]

Now and Forever is a 1956 British drama film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Janette Scott, Vernon Gray and Kay Walsh.^[2] It is based on the play The Orchard Walls by R.F. Delderfield, and was Scott's first adult role after a career as a child star in Britain.^[3] The screenplay concerns an upper class girl who becomes romantically involved with a poor boy, and they elope together to Gretna Green.

Cast

• Janette Scott - Janette Grant
• Vernon Gray - Mike Pritchard
• Kay Walsh - Miss Muir
• Jack Warner - Mr. J. Pritchard
• Pamela Brown - Mrs. Grant
• Charles Victor - Farmer Gilbert
• Marjorie Rhodes - Aggie, the Farmer's wife
• Ronald Squire - Waiter
• Wilfrid Lawson - Gossage
• Sonia Dresdel - Miss Fox
• David Kossoff - Pawnbroker
• Moultrie Kelsall - Doctor
• Guy Middleton - Hector
• Michael Pertwee - Reporter
• Henry Hewitt - Jeweller
• Bryan Forbes - Frisby
• Arthur Lowe - Vicar
• Jean Patterson - Rachel
• Harold Goodwin - Lorry driver

Critical reception

Allmovie called the film "a very slight piece, buoyed by the charm and attractiveness of its young stars. Janette Scott and Vernon Grey...Though the film seems flat and obvious when viewed on television, it truly comes to life before a large and appreciative moviehouse audience. Forgotten for many years, Now and Forever was happily rediscovered by the late film historian William K. Everson in his 1979 book Love in the Film, which was dedicated to star Janette Scott."^[4]

References

External links

• Now and Forever on IMDb