Tomorrow Is Forever

Beautifully put together drama for Colbert and Welles
I find with each viewing of the classic "Tomorrow Is Forever" I find I like the production more and more. It is such a totally rich film in so many ways, whether it be the sterling central performance from Claudette Colbert in what I'm convinced is one of her finest performances, Orson Welles's charmed under playing of a role that could have been simply sentimental, or the haunting anti-war message it puts forward in its telling of life through two world wars.

"Tomorrow Is Forever" has so much to offer to the viewer in so many different ways. Claudette Colbert always a favourite actress of mine proves once and for all what a superb dramatic actress she can be. Long regarded as one of the premier comedy actresses of the 1930's and 40's here she excels in the role of a young bride who believes she has lost her husband in WW1 action only to find that years later after she has re married that a stranger who comes into her families life gives her a eerie sense that that might not be the...

A touching, beautiful story.
This movie is both a heart wrenching story about 2 people in love who are torn apart by war and a story about several kinds of love. A man who so loves his wife that he can not bring her any pain; a woman who deeply loves a man she thought was lost in the war and who also loves the kind man to whom she is now married; a mother's love for her son; a little orphan's love for the kind man who took her from war-torn Europe. I defy anyone who sees this movie to not be moved to tears (or at least secret tears for the "macho" men). Brilliant performaces by Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles. I loved little Natalie Wood in this early film. I have watched it many times and it remains my all time favorite movie. They just DO NOT make them like this any more.

"We must live for tomorrow, because...tomorrow is forever."
This classic drama is easily one of the best films of all time. Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, and Natalie Wood are simply flawless in this tragic tale of how war destroys lives forever. No, there are no battle scenes. The casualties in this film are relationships which are shattered by war. It's also about letting go of your past and learning to live again. Orson Welles should have won an oscar for his incredible performance. There are many scenes in which he says nothing, yet you can see the heartache just by looking at his face. This is a captivating anti-war masterpiece that spans two world wars, and this is a film you will never forget! I only hope it's not too long before this underated movie is released on dvd.

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