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Movie
Forever Female
Synopsis
Sir James Barrie's whimsical play Rosalind was updated and urbanized as the 1953 film Forever Female. Ginger Rogers plays a veteran Broadway star who has optioned a play written by William Holden. Though on the less sunny side of 40, Rogers expects to play the leading role, that of a 19 year old girl. Producer Paul Douglas--who also happens to be Rogers' husband--insists that Holden alter the age of the main character. Meanwhile, iron-willed ingenue Patricia Crowley, who is far more suited to the part than Rogers, begins her own campaign to win the role. Far more enjoyable than the plot mechanics of Forever Female are the sly showbiz inside jokes, courtesy of screenwriters Julius and Philip Epstein. It's also fun to tick off the familiar faces in the supporting cast, including George Reeves as a stuffy suitor, future Mrs. Bing Crosby Katherine Grant as an auditioning actress, and Gunsmoke and Dragnet villain Vic Perrin as an effeminate set designer.
Cast
- Ginger Rogers
- William Holden
- Paul Douglas
- Pat Crowley
- James Gleason
- Jesse White
- Marjorie Rambeau
- George Reeves
- Maide Norman
- King Donovan
- Vic Perrin
- Russell Gaige
- Marion Ross
- Richard Shannon
- Sally Mansfield
- Kathryn Grant
- Rand Harper
- Henry dar Boggia
- Victor Romito
- Hyacinthe Railla
- Alfred Paix
- Walter Reed
- Josephine Whittell
- Almira Sessions
- Joel Marston
- Grayce Hampton
- David Leonard
- Maidie Norman
- Vince Townsend Jr.
- Michael Darrin
- Richard Garland
- William Leslie
- Dulce Daye
- Doane Harrison
- Gordon Jennings
- Hal Pereira
- Julius J. Epstein
- Archie Marshek
- J. McMillan Johnson
- Harry Stradling
- Edith Head
- Wally Westmore
- Joseph MacMillan
- Philip G. Epstein
- Sam Comer