Love Me Forever (film)

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Love Me Forever
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Film poster
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Written byVictor Schertzinger
Jo Swerling
Sidney Buchman
Starring Grace Moore
Cinematography Joseph Walker
Edited by Viola Lawrence
Gene Milford
Music byVictor Schertzinger
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 27, 1935 (1935-06-27)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$745,900 (U.S. and Canada rentals) [1]

Love Me Forever (also released as On Wings of Song) is a 1935 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger. [2] The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (John P. Livadary). [3]

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Plot

Cast

Release

The film had its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 27, 1935. [4]

Reception

Writing for The Spectator , Graham Greene made light of the film's use of excerpts from La Bohème and described Moore's acting as "undistinguished", suggesting that the success of the film is due in large part to Carrillo's performance. [5]

The film grossed $100,019 in its opening week at Radio City Music Hall. [6] It was the highest grossing film in the United States in July 1935. [7]

It was the tenth most popular film at the British box office in 1935–36. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Sedgwick, John; Pokorny, Michael (2005). "The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s". The Economic History Review. New Series. 58 (1): 79–112. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00299.x. JSTOR   3698918. S2CID   152896495 . Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ Hal Erickson (2012). "Love Me Forever". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Columbia announces the world premiere of Grace Moore in her new picture Love Me Forever at Radio City Music Hall on June 27th (advertisement)". Motion Picture Herald .
  5. ↑ Greene, Graham (September 13, 1935). "On Wings of Song/Peg of Old Drury/Break of Hearts". The Spectator . (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome . p.  20. ISBN   0192812866.)
  6. ↑ "Theatre Receipts". Motion Picture Herald . July 20, 1935. p. 79 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "Box Office Champions for July". Motion Picture Herald. August 24, 1935. p. 46 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s" by John Sedgwick and Michael Pokorny, The Economic History ReviewNew Series, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Feb. 2005), pp.97
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