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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Time Travel romance - I'll Never Forget You


A lovely publicity shot for I'll Never Forget You (1951) with Tyrone Power as a modern-day time-traveler and Ann Blyth as the woman he falls in love with in the eighteenth century.  It is a beautifully filmed movie, with the eighteenth century part of the story filmed in color, bookended by modern opening and closing scenes shot in black and white, not unlike The Wizard of Oz (1939).

From my book on Ann's career:  Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.:

Miss Blyth is fascinating to watch—all the cast are excellent—but she has a lot to convey and make us believe and she has to do this under acting restrictions that the other more emotional and physically expressive characters don’t have. Her character is sheltered, demure, and gentle, all qualities which can only be indicated by her posture, her voice, and disciplined economy of movement. She walks softly, sits and stands with a ramrod-straight back, lowers her eyes at moments of mature discretion, a minimalist way of telling us who she is and what her world is like. Her lovely face melts into a smirk at one of Tyrone’s naïve attempts to “catch on” to this old way of life. She also has intelligence, and a sense of humor, making her the most reasonable and capable member of her family. In trusting Tyrone and his tales of a future world, she is also the most courageous.