Forever Amber (film)

In 1644, during the English Civil War, a group of Roundheads pursue a Cavalier's carriage, which pauses to abandon a baby at a farmer's door. The Roundheads kill everyone aboard. The farmer and his wife adopt the infant, whose blanket is embroidered “Amber”.

In 1660, the Restoration of the Monarchy begins. Sixteen-year-old Amber is a strong-willed beauty whose puritanical father has contracted her marriage to a farmer. Amber's dreams of an elegant life seem to come true with the arrival of a group of Cavaliers and the handsome Bruce Carlton: she is smitten. She begs Bruce to take her to London, but despite coaxing from his friend Almsbury, he refuses. Before the men leave for town, Bruce and Amber share a kiss.

Bruce and Almsbury are denied an audience with King Charles II. Back at their London tavern, Amber is waiting. Amber and Bruce begin an affair. He pampers her with new gowns and takes her to the theater. At one performance, Bruce approaches Barbara Villiers, a former girlfriend who is now the king's mistress, asking her to persuade Charles to grant him ships for his privateer mission. Distraught at the thought of Bruce leaving, Amber stops Almsbury from warning Bruce that the king has arrived.

Charles later summons Bruce to court. Not wanting his friend to face the king's wrath alone, Almsbury goes with him. However, Charles grants Bruce's requests (to get rid of him as a potential rival) and sends him to Bristol that very night. At the tavern, Amber is sleeping. The next morning, she wakes to find Almsbury packing to return to Almsbury Hall, his ancestral home. The king has restored his rights. Bruce's room is empty. Almsbury tells Amber to go home, but she refuses. She will rise in station and marry Bruce, no matter what.

Almsbury gives her money, from Bruce, but she is soon tricked and lands in Newgate, the debtors' prison, where she discovers that she is carrying Bruce's child. Black Jack Mallet, a highwayman, falls in love with her and helps her escape. They go to Mother Redcap's tavern, where Amber gives birth to a son, little Bruce.

Amber lures fops into alleyways where Black Jack robs them. When Black Jack is killed by the king's guard, Amber flees and is discovered by Captain Rex Morgan. Captain Morgan takes her as his mistress and introduces her to theater friends. Soon, Amber is working as an actress; the Earl of Radcliffe takes an interest in her.

Almsbury, now married, comes to London and tells Amber that Bruce will return soon. Captain Morgan proposes, but she puts him off because she holds out hope of reuniting with Bruce. When Bruce returns from sea, she turns down a chance to dine with the king. Amber introduces Bruce to their son, hoping he will want to settle down. When Morgan finds Bruce and Amber together, he challenges Bruce to a duel, saying that Amber is his fiancée. Bruce tries and fails to persuade Morgan to withdraw the challenge. Bruce kills Morgan and, blaming Amber, leaves England. Noting that he has killed a man and that their son is without a name, Bruce departs saying, "May God forgive us both for our sins."

Amber marries the elderly Earl of Radcliffe, a widower, thereby becoming a countess. She departs her wedding reception early to find Bruce when she hears his ship has returned to London. But she soon discovers he has the Black Plague. Amber saves his life by killing a murderous, thieving nurse and lancing a boil on his chest. After Bruce discovers that Amber is married, he sails again for Virginia.

The Great Fire devastates London. Charles II plans to seduce Amber, but Radcliffe locks her in her room at home. While the fire rages in their house, Amber struggles with Radcliffe. A cruelly treated servant overpowers Radcliffe and throws him into the fire, killing him. Amber becomes Charles' mistress.

Bruce visits from Virginia with his wife, Corinna. He wants his son. Amber invites Corinna to dine with her and Charles, hoping that Charles will be attracted to a new face. Charles sees through the plot and allows Corinna to leave unmolested. Realizing that Amber still loves Bruce, Charles ends their relationship.

Bruce asks Amber for custody of their son. Thinking he will choose her, Amber asks the boy to decide. He states that he wants to go to Virginia with his father. Bruce invites Amber to come with them, but she stays and watches, heartbroken, as Bruce takes their son away.

• Linda Darnell as Amber St. Clair
• Cornel Wilde as Bruce Carlton
• Richard Greene as Lord Harry Almsbury
• George Sanders as King Charles II
• Glenn Langan as Capt. Rex Morgan
• Richard Haydn as Earl of Radcliffe
• Jessica Tandy as Nan Britton
• Anne Revere as Mother Red Cap
• John Russell as Black Jack Mallard
• Jane Ball as Corinne Carlton
• Robert Coote as Sir Thomas Dudley
• Leo G. Carroll as Matt Goodgroome
• Natalie Draper as Countess of Castlemaine
• Margaret Wycherly as Mrs. Spong
• Alma Kruger as Lady Redmond
• Lillian Molieri aka Lupe Mayorga as Queen Catherine
• Norma Varden as Mrs. Abbott
• Alan Napier as Landale
• Ian Keith as Tybalt

The film was based on the debut novel by Kathleen Winsor published three years earlier. Macmillan, which had published Gone with the Wind, were excited about the book's commercial possibilities and launched it with an initial run of 175,000 copies.{{cite news|title=Books -- Authors|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 1944|page=17}}{{cite news|title=THE LITERARY SPOTLIGHT|author=Butcher, Fanny|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 8, 1944|page=E15}} The New York Times called Winsor a "born storyteller".{{cite news|title=Jumbo Romance of Restoration London: FOREVER AMBER. By Kathleen Winsor. 972 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3|author=WILLIAM DU BOIS|work=The New York Times|date=October 15, 1944|page=BR7}} The same paper called the book "one of the most expertly packaged bundles of literature in years".{{cite news|title=Books of the Times|author=ORVILLE PRESCOTT|work=The New York Times|date=October 16, 1944|page=17}} It became a best seller.{{cite news|title=The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere|work=The New York Times|date=December 10, 1944|page=BR26}}

The book was banned in a number of countries including Australia.{{cite news|title=Australia Bans 'Forever Amber|work=The New York Times|date=August 1, 1945|page=17}}

There was film interest in the book from the moment it reached the publisher. Winsor's agent suggested she not enter a competition MGM were running for novels because the agent felt they could get more than the prize money offered of $125,000.{{cite news|title=Books and Authors|work=The New York Times|date=October 8, 1944|page=134}}

In November 1944, 20th Century Fox bought the screen rights for $200,000, one of the largest amounts paid for a novel. This money was contingent on Hays Office approval of a screen treatment of the book.{{cite news|title=Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times|date=November 3, 1944|page=26}} (By way of comparison, Edna Ferber received $175,000 for Saratoga Trunk; MGM paid $125,000 for Green Dolphin Street and $200,000 to A. J. Cronin for The Green Years; Ernest Hemingway was paid $150,000 for For Whom the Bell Tolls)."{{cite news|title=Way of Report|author=A. H. Weiler|work=The New York Times|date=November 12, 1944|page=X3}}

The following month, Winsor announced she had signed a contract with Fox to work on the script for the film, provide technical advice, and do a screen test. Jerome Cady was going to write the script and William Perlberg would produce.{{cite news|title=Screen News: Kathleen Winsor to Act, Write, Advise at Fox|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 1944|page=29}}

Cady finished the script by March.{{cite news|title=Brazil's Air Melting Pot Inspires Cinema|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 22, 1945|page=A3}} Eventually Philip Dunne did the script and John Stahl was assigned to direct. Dunne was one of the studio's top screenwriters and Stahl had just made the hugely popular Leave Her to Heaven for Fox.

Dunne later called the novel "worthless" and believed in any adaptation "it would be foolish to try to recover the intent of the author which is to please that part of the public that likes to lick its lips while reading."McGilligan p 167

The script had to make a number of changes to get past the censor. "We had to be more straitlaced with Amber than we would with another picture", said Perlberg. ""Everyone is waiting for a chance to jump on us."{{cite news|title='Forever Amber' or 'Crime Doesn't Pay': In the Hollywood version the moral lesson will be underscored; Amber will suffer for her sins|author=Frank S. Nugent|work=The New York Times|date=August 4, 1946|page=93}}

Amber's lovers were reduced from over 30 in the novel to five in the film. Winsor had little involvement in the script and the film in the end.

There was an extensive, well publicised talent search for the performer who would play the lead role along the lines of David O. Selznick's challenge to find an actress to cast as Scarlett O'Hara. In November 1944, Gene Tierney was reported as being the front runner.{{cite news|author=Hedda Hopper|title=LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD|date=November 29, 1944|work=Los Angeles Times|page=11}} Maureen O'Hara who was a redhead and under contract to Fox, lobbied hard for the role, even wearing a period dress in the studio commissary.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133914098 |title=FILMS A change for Maureen O'Hara |newspaper=The World's News |issue=2755 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=October 9, 1954 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230455593 |title=O'Hara's strip-tease bid for "hussy Amber" role |newspaper=The Sun |issue=2210 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=August 19, 1945 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=3 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEK END MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}} Paulette Goddard also wanted to do the part.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59348636 |title=FILM CABLE FROM HOLLYWOOD |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth) |issue=2501 |location=Western Australia |date=January 27, 1946 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=13 (The Sunday Times MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}}

Numerous actresses were tested. Perlberg said he was looking for "a young Vivien Leigh" or "an English Lana Turner." Peggy Cummins, an Irish actress who had been on stage in Junior Miss, was (reportedly) the 37th tested and soon established herself as a favourite in October 1945.{{cite news|title=NEW FACES IN HOLLYWOOD: Meeting Postponed Searching for "Amber" MEMOS FROM HOLLYWOOD Murder on Ice No Author's Royalties|author=FRED STANLEY|work=The New York Times|date=October 28, 1945|page=X1}} Annette Simonds was also a front runner.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229027386 |title=Film Stars in the News-- A "Sun" Thursday Feature |newspaper=The Sun |issue=11,151 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=October 18, 1945 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=9|edition=LATE FINAL EXTRA|via=National Library of Australia}}

Richard Greene, a Fox contract player who had not worked in Hollywood since 1940 due to war service, was an early favourite for the role of Bruce Carlton.{{cite news|author=Hedda Hopper|title=LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 17, 1945|page=A5}} James Mason, then starring in the hugely popular The Seventh Veil, was offered the role but turned it down because he thought it was "a silly book" and the "script didn't improve it".{{cite news|title=The Peak of Popularity: The Public's Favourite Film Stars of 1945|author=E. W.|work=Picture Show|location=London|volume=50|issue=1232|date=February 9, 1946|page=13}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228790889 |title=Two Stars May Quit |newspaper=The Sun |issue=11222 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=January 10, 1946 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=11|edition=LATE FINAL EXTRA |via=National Library of Australia}}

The first actors announced for the film were Reginald Gardiner who was cast as Charles II by December 1945{{cite news|title=TYRONE POWER SET FOR RETURN TO FOX: Abort to Be Discharged From Marines, He Signs Contract to Do Two Films a Year Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times|date=December 18, 1945|page=23}} and Glenn Langan who was cast by January 1946.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248467810 |title=TODAY: Movie news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=VII |issue=10 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=January 20, 1946 |access-date=December 15, 2018 |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In February 1946, Daryl Zanuck of Fox said the lead would be played by Peggy Cummins, with Cornel Wilde (a studio contract star) to play her main love interest.{{Cite news|title=Amber' Leads Set With Wilde Cast as Carlton|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=February 17, 1946|work=Los Angeles Times|page=B1}} Wilde was, after Tyrone Power, the leading "swashbuckling" style star under contract to Fox at the time. Richard Greene was the other leading contender for the part, and Wilde was under suspension at Fox to a dispute over roles, but Zanuck decided on Wilde, and the suspension was lifted.{{cite news|title='Amber' Leads Set With Wilde Cast as Carlton|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 1, 1946|page=9}}

Vincent Price was cast in a supporting role as Lord Almsbury, friend of Bruce Carlton.{{cite news|title=VINCENT PRICE GETS 'AMBER' FILM ROLE: Will Depict Almsbury in Fox Version of Winsor Novel-- 'Road to Utopia' Opens Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times|date=February 27, 1946|page=31}}{{cite news|title=RETURN OF A LANCER|work=The New York Times|date=February 3, 1946|page=X3}}

Filming started in March 1946. The budget was $3 million, making it the most expensive film in the history of Fox. (The previous had been Wilson.) The film was expected to take 103 days of filming and Cummins had to appear in every scene but one.{{cite news|title=AMBER' IN HOLLYWOOD: Expensive "Sailor" NOTED IN HOLLYWOOD Cheering Section|author=FRED STANLEY|work=The New York Times|date=March 10, 1946|page=X1}} Winsor was paid $85,000 when filming started.{{cite news|title=Looking at Hollywood|author=Hopper, Hedda|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=March 16, 1946|page=17}}

Cummins collapsed on set on March 30 due to illness.{{cite news|title='Amber' Stricken|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=March 31, 1946|page=21}} Filming was halted two times, reportedly due to illness on Cummins' part. Then on April 30, after 39 days of filming and $1 million had been spent, Fox announced that the shoot would be halted for three months and that Cummins and Stahl would be assigned to other projects.{{cite news|title=FOX AGAIN HALTS 'FOREVER AMBER': Stahl Will Not Continue as the Director--Peggy Cummins' Title Role Part Indefinite|work=The New York Times|date=May 1, 1946|page=39}} Zanuck, head of Fox, said the film "has failed to measure up to the standards planned."{{cite news|title='Forever Amber' Film Production Is Halted; Cast Changes Impend|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=May 2, 1946|page=29}}{{cite news|title=ZANUCK EXPLAINS 'AMBER': Fox Executive Says Lowering of Quality Caused Film Halt|work=The New York Times|date=May 2, 1946|page=27}}

The reason given later was that it was felt Cummins was very good as the young Amber – she had been extensively tested for these scenes – but looked too young to play Amber as she grew up. In the words of The New York Times "they found that Miss Cummins as grown up seductress looked more like Fluffy wearing her mother's old clothes and smearing on mom's lipstick when she wasn't looking."{{cite news|title=THE UP AND COMING PEGGY CUMMINS: Or a Resume of Her Rise From 'Forever Amber' To the Present|author=BARBARA BERCH|work=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1947|page=51}}

Fox did not give up on Cummins and put her into The Late George Apley, Moss Rose and Escape.{{cite news|title=Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1946|page=19}} However, she would leave the studio after three years.{{cite news|title=CUMMINS GOING: An Actress Softly Bids Good-by to Hollywood|work=The New York Times|date=August 1, 1948|page=X4}}

In June 1946, Fox announced that Otto Preminger would take over from Stahl as director, and that the film would resume production in September. Preminger said he would use the same script as Stahl (which the censor had approved). It was estimated that if none of the Stahl-Cummins footage could be used, it would cost the studio $300,000.{{cite news|title=PREMINGER NAMED TO DIRECT 'AMBER': Replaces Stahl as Fox Is Set to Resume Making Film-- Three Premieres Today Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times June 14, 1946|page=17}}{{cite news|title=Red Light Faces 'Amber' at Studio|date=May 2, 1946|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=10}}

Preminger said the film had been stopped because "somehow all the elements didn't jell".{{cite news|title=BY WAY: Gags: In the Film and On the Set|author=A.H. WEILER|work=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1946|page=43}} He later said in his memoirs that he did not want to make the film because he disliked the novel but Zanuck forced him under his contract.Preminger p 107

He supervised a rewrite of the script by Dunne and Ring Lardner Jr.{{cite news|title=AMBER' IN HOLLYWOOD: NOTED IN HOLLYWOOD Yes and No The Pay-Off|author=THOMAS F. BRADY|work=The New York Times|date=November 3, 1946|page=65}} Dunne later recalled he and Lardner "both had great distaste for the material... We divided it up because the steam was on... They wanted to get it restarted as soon as possible."McGilligan p 157

In July, Linda Darnell was announced as Cummins' replacement.{{cite news|title=FOX GIVES 'AMBER' TO LINDA DARNELL: Production Halt in Winsor Film to Find Successor to Peggy Cummins Cost $300,000|work=The New York Times|date=July 25, 1946|page=17}} "I'm pinching myself", said Darnell.{{cite news|title=Choice of Linda Darnell as Amber Wins Acclaim: Director Promises to Retain Realism of Story Within Bounds of Good Taste|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 4, 1946|page=C1}} Preminger later said that he did not want Darnell, and would have preferred someone like Lana Turner who he felt could have been borrowed from MGM. However he says Zanuck wanted Darnell.Preminger p 108 Darnell's casting meant she had to miss out on a role in Captain from Castile; she was replaced by Jean Peters.

By now the budget was up to $4.5 million. Two million went on physical production. Because mostly contract actors were used, the cast only cost $350,000 (sets cost $380,000).

There were other cast changes. Richard Greene (making his first Hollywood film in seven years) replaced Vincent Price.{{Cite news|title=Greene Will Return as Almsbury in 'Amber' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times July 27, 1946|page=A5}} George Sanders replaced Reginald Gardiner as Charles II.{{cite news|title=STUNT FLIER TO DO PARAMOUNT FILM: Paul Mantz, Winner of Bendix Air Race, in Deal on 'Blaze of Noon,' Based on Novel Of Local Origin|work=The New York Times|date=September 3, 1946|page=27}} John Russell, who the studio was grooming for stardom, was cast as Black Jack Russell.{{cite news|title=The Scooper Scooped!|author=Hopper, Hedda|date=July 8, 1946|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=5}}

Wilde was reluctant to return to the film. Fox considered replacing him with Stewart Granger, though this would have been difficult due to Granger's other commitments.{{cite news|title=Wilde Will 'Stay Put;' Faith Bacon Plans Film|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 26, 1946|page=9}}

In October, right before filming was to resume, Wilde announced he would not return to the role unless he was given an increase in salary. He was being paid $3,000 a week for forty weeks a year but wanted an arrangement comparable to Betty Grable, who made two films a year at $150,000 a film. Wilde said "My agent said that since I am leading the whole Fox lot in fan mail I should be getting money comparable to that received by the top people at the studio. I am worth much more to the company than I was a year ago [when his contract was renegotiated] and an actor must insure himself against the time when he is no longer wanted."{{cite news|title=Fox's 'Forever Amber' in Trouble Again As Cornel Wilde Holds Out for Salary|work=The New York Times|date=October 16, 1946|page=35}} The dispute was ended when the studio increased his salary to $5,000 a week.{{cite news|title=Press Women's Group Will Discuss Service Thru Written Word|date=October 18, 1946|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=24}}

Filming resumed in October 1946 and ended in March 1947. The budget by the end was $6.5 million.{{cite news|title='Amber' Now Causing Stir|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 20, 1947|page=A2}}

George Sanders was filming a part in The Ghost and Mrs Muir at the same time.{{cite news|title=London 'Break' Brings New Beauty to Cinema|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 25, 1947|page=A5}}

The film was completed and released in New York in October 1947.{{cite news|title=WARMS TO FILM 'CLEOPATRA ARMS': Studio Buys Everett Freeman Story as Vehicle for Dennis Morgan, Lauren Bacall|author=THOMAS F. BRADY|work=The New York Times|date=October 22, 1947|page=36}}

The film played 451 dates in its first week and Fox claimed that it had achieved the biggest box-office opening figures in the entire industry.[https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher169unse#page/n13/mode/1up Motion Picture Herald, November 1, 1947, p 6] Variety reported the opening receipts were by far the largest raised by one picture first week since they had been tabulating grosses across the country in 1946. In the 17 theatres they received reports from, they claimed it had grossed slightly better than $700,000.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947–10#page/n238/mode/1up|title=Amber Very in the Black|work=Variety|date=October 29, 1947|page=5}}

The film played with increased admission prices compared to most films ($1.20).{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety169-1948–01#page/n62/mode/1up|title=Top Golden Circle|publisher=Variety|date=January 7, 1948|page=63|access-date=June 11, 2019|via=Archive.org}} It set a house record at the Roxy in New York ($180,589). In the following week, Variety{{'}}s reporting had 27 theatres playing the movie which in total grossed close to $800,000 taking its gross to $1.5 million in two weeks.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947–11#page/n2/mode/1up|title=National Box Office Survey|work=Variety|date=November 5, 1947|page=3}}

Writing in Time in 1947, critic James Agee stated: "Forever Amber{{nbsp}}... is every bit as good a movie as it was a novel. But it many not be as sensationally popular as Kathleen Winsor's account of a Slut's Progress. Many who admired the book may be disappointed to learn that in the picture Amber is allowed only four of her numerous lovers. What's more, she gets an even crueler comeuppance, without (as far as the camera can see) having much fun earning it. During the 140 minutes of the movie the famous hussy is never even kissed hard enough to jar an eyelash loose; and it comes as a mild shock when she suddenly announces her pregnancy."Agee, James - Agee on Film Vol.1 © 1958 by The James Agee Trust Pauline Kael wrote: "The bowdlerization follows Kathleen Winsor's novel as if her narrative line had been carved in sacred stone; maybe the literalness is what does it in, despite the efforts of the director, Otto Preminger, to be colorful and gamy. In this view of the Restoration, all males are so sex-starved that a sudden glance from a female reduces them to gibbering lust. Linda Darnell is rounded and enticing but she doesn't have the flash or variety to carry off the starring role."Kael, Pauline - 5001 Nights at the Movies 1991 ISBN 0-8050-1366-0 Leonard Maltin gave the film three of four stars: " 'Musical Beds' costumer, taken from Kathleen Winsor's once-scandalous novel{{nbsp}}... Lengthy but colorful and entertaining{{nbsp}}... "Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide - Third Edition 2015 {{ISBN|978-0-14-751682-4}}

The film was condemned by Cardinal Francis Spellman and the Legion of Decency who threatened a boycott of Catholic theatregoers. Fox originally decided to fight the ban claiming the ruling was "harsh" and "unfair" considering all the effort they put in to get the movie past the censors.{{cite news|title=PERLBERG SAYS FOX WON'T CHANGE 'AMBER'|work=The New York Times|date=October 24, 1947|page=19}}

The studio changed its mind. A number of changes were made to the film, including adding a prologue which criticised Amber, saying, "the wages of sin is death" and adding an epilogue where Cornel Wilde says "may God have mercy on both of us for our sins." The film was re-released in December 1947.{{cite news|title=FOREVER AMBER' REVISED BY STUDIO: Skouras, Fox President, Says 'Public Opinion' Influenced Decision to Alter Film|work=The New York Times|date=December 5, 1947|page=33}}

The film is recognized by the American Film Institute in these lists:

• 2005: AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Nominated{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees |access-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106023410/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/scores250.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In 1986, there was speculation Raquel Welch was due to appear in a television miniseries version of the novel.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-04-25-8601300129-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 25, 1986|title='Amber' Writer can Still Make the Pot Boil |first=John |last=Blades}} It was never made.{{cite news|title=Rockin' Raquel Welch is Ready for the Road |last=Beck |first=Marilyn|work=Chicago Tribune|date=December 19, 1985|page=13}}

• {{cite book|title=Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age|first=Patrick|last= McGilligan|publisher=University of California Press|date=1986}}

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{{Commons category|Forever Amber}}

• {{IMDb title|0039391}}
• {{TCMDb title|75410}}
• {{AFI film|25169}}
• [https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-10#page/n121/mode/1up Review of film] at Variety
• [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201021 Original novel] at Internet Archive

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