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Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

Release: 1943-01-21 ·Runtime: 104m ·★ 7.4
Drama History

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast

Queenie Leonard Queenie Leonard as Maid Kent Smith Kent Smith as Gates Trimble Pomfret June Tripp June Tripp as V. A. D. girl Arthur Treacher Arthur Treacher as Second Air Raid Watcher Reginald Gardiner Reginald Gardiner as Assistant Hotel Manager Cecil Kellaway Cecil Kellaway as Dinner Guest Ivan F. Simpson Ivan F. Simpson as Dexter Claude Rains Claude Rains as Ambrose Pomfret Billy Bevan Billy Bevan as Wartime Cabby Anna Neagle Anna Neagle as Susan Trenchard Roland Young Roland Young as Henry Barringer Aubrey Mather Aubrey Mather as Man in Air Raid Shelter Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen as Archibald Spavin Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce as Major Garrow Merle Oberon Merle Oberon as Marjorie Ismay Jessie Matthews Jessie Matthews as Mildred Trimble Ray Milland Ray Milland as Bill Trimble Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester as Mamie June Lockhart June Lockhart as Girl in Air Raid Shelter Herbert Marshall Herbert Marshall as Curate in Air Raid Shelter Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Dabb Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton as Anthony Trimble-Pomfret Brian Aherne Brian Aherne as Jim Trimble Odette Myrtil Odette Myrtil as Madame Gaby Una O'Connor Una O'Connor as Caroline Ismay Halliwell Hobbes Halliwell Hobbes as Doctor Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie as Edith Trimble-Pomfret Reginald Owen Reginald Owen as Simpson Ian Hunter Ian Hunter as Dexter Pomfret C. Aubrey Smith C. Aubrey Smith as Eustace Trimble Patric Knowles Patric Knowles as Trimble-Pomfret Son Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom as Lady Trimble-Pomfret Robert Coote Robert Coote as Blind Officer Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter Montagu Love Montagu Love as Sir John Bunn May Whitty May Whitty as Lucy Trimble May Beatty May Beatty as Wartime Londoner Cook Joy Harington Joy Harington as Wartime Bus Conductor Buster Keaton Buster Keaton as Wilkins Emily Fitzroy Emily Fitzroy as Ms. Fulcher Richard Haydn Richard Haydn as Mr. Fulcher Anna Lee Anna Lee as Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret June Duprez June Duprez as Julia Trimble-Pomfret Gladys Cooper Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Barringer Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn as Stubbs Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart as Cobblewick Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Jenny Jones Donald Crisp Donald Crisp as Captain Martin Eric Blore Eric Blore as Charles Ruth Warrick Ruth Warrick as Lesley Trimble Charles Laughton Charles Laughton as Bellamy Robert Cummings Robert Cummings as Ned