Forever Female

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 ...more

Although it owes a bit to All About Eve, Forever Female is definitely much more lighthearted in its approach to the problems confronting an actress who simply will not play parts that are age-appropriate. Although there are plenty of wisecracks and snappy rejoinders liberally peppered throughout the Epstein Brothers script, there's little of the sharpness and cynicism of Eve -- which is ultimately good, as it lets Female be judged on its own enjoyable if lightweight merits, rather than as an Eve ...more