Before the men leave for town, Bruce and Amber share a kiss.īruce and Almsbury are denied an audience with King Charles II. She begs Bruce to take her to London, but despite coaxing from his friend Almsbury, he refuses. Amber's dreams of an elegant life seem to come true with the arrival of a group of Cavaliers and the handsome Bruce Carlton: she is smitten. Sixteen-year-old Amber is a strong-willed beauty whose puritanical father has contracted her marriage to a farmer. In 1660, the Restoration of the Monarchy begins. The farmer and his wife adopt the infant, whose blanket is embroidered “Amber”. In 1644, during the English Civil War, a group of Roundheads pursue a Cavalier's carriage, which pauses to abandon a baby at a farmer's door. The film's score, by composer David Raksin, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Music Score. The search for the actress to portray Amber, a beauty who uses men to make her fortune in 17th-century England, was modeled on the extensive process that led to the casting of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. Publicity at the time compared the novel Forever Amber to Gone with the Wind. In the novel, the newborn Amber is so named by her dying mother after the color of her father's eyes. In 1947, Darnell won the starring role in the highly anticipated film adaptation when the original star, newcomer Peggy Cummins, proved too inexperienced for the role. The film on its release was initially condemned by the National Legion of Decency. The Hays Office had condemned the novel, but within a month of its publication the film rights had been purchased by 20th Century Fox. The movie was originally budgeted at $4.5 million. Stahl after 39 days of filming and $300,000 of production. The film was adapted by Jerome Cady, Philip Dunne and Ring Lardner Jr., and directed by Otto Preminger, who replaced original director John M. It also starred Richard Greene, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Richard Haydn, and Jessica Tandy. It was based on the book of the same title by Kathleen Winsor. L-R: George Sanders, Linda Darnell, and Richard Haydnįorever Amber is a 1947 American adventure drama romance film starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde.

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor