Now and Forever (1934 film)

Now and Forever (1934 film)
Directed by	Henry Hathaway
Produced by	Louis D. Lighton
Written by	Screenplay: Vincent Lawrence Sylvia Thalberg Story: Jack Kirkland Melville Baker
Starring	Gary Cooper Carole Lombard Shirley Temple
Music by	Harry Revel Mack Gordon
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English

Now and Forever is a 1934 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The screenplay by Vincent Lawrence and Sylvia Thalberg was based on a story by Jack Kirkland and Melville Baker. The film stars Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, and Shirley Temple in a story about a criminal going straight for his child's sake. Temple sang "The World Owes Me a Living". The film was critically well received. Temple adored Cooper who nicknamed her 'Wigglebritches' (Windeler 140). This is the only film in which Lombard and Temple appeared together.

Cast

• Gary Cooper as Jerry Day
• Carole Lombard as Toni Carstairs
• Shirley Temple as Penelope Day
• Sir Guy Standing as Felix Evans
• Charlotte Granville as Mrs. Crane
• Gilbert Emery as James Higginson
• Henry Kolker as Mr. Clark
• Tetsu Komai as Mr. Ling

Release

Critical reception

The New York Times thought the film "a sentimental melodrama" and "a pleasant enough entertainment." Temple was highly praised for her performance.^[1]

Temple sang "The World Owes Me a Living",^[2] a version of which also featured in a Silly Symphonies animation of The Ant and the Grasshopper^[3] in the same year. Louella Parsons was amazed "at the ease with which [Temple] reels off her lines, saying big words and expressions. There is nothing parrot-like about Shirley. She knows what she is talking about." Temple-fever spread with the release of the film. Her fan mail (which numbered 400–500 letters a day) was delivered in huge mail sacks to the studio and a secretary was hired to manage it (Edwards 66).

Home media

In 2009, the film was available on DVD.

See also

• Gary Cooper filmography
• Shirley Temple filmography

References

Works cited

• Edwards, Anne (1988), Shirley Temple: American Princess, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 
• Windeler, Robert (1992) [1978], The Films of Shirley Temple, New York: Carol Publishing Group, ISBN 0-8065-0725-X 

Web citations

1. ^ Sennwald, Andre (1934-10-13), The Paramount Presents Little Miss Temple in 'Now and Forever', The New York Times, http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D07E5DD1530E23ABC4B52DFB667838F629EDE, retrieved 2009-10-18 
2. ^ Available on YouTube
3. ^ Available on YouTube

External links

• Now and Forever at the TCM Movie Database