Forever Yours

A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared. Romantic triangle featuring hefty Metropolitan Opera tenor Gigli as a widowed tenor who becomes involved with and marries young British clerical worker Gardner, who is on the emotional rebound after a frustrating romance with handsome ship's officer Brandt. Trouble looms on the horizon, however, when Gardner and Brandt run into each other while Gigli is on a spectacularly successful world tour. The former lovers are soon mooning over each other again, much to the dismay of Gigli, who becomes so emotionally distraught that he can't perform. Far and away the outstanding salable feature of this picture, especially for those who like good music, is the singing of Beniamino Gigli, one of the world's leading operatic tenors. He is in fine voice and, although no complete operatic score is rendered, Gigli sings a number of arias. Produced in England, and with an all-English cast supporting Gigli, the performances are of uniformly good quality, especially that of Joan Gardner. Alberto Giacalone produced, Stanley Irving directed, and Hugh Gray and Arthur Wimperis wrote the screenplay. What Gigli lacks in slim, film hero appearance he compensates for with an honest, workmanlike performance. Where good music is wanted, this film should have a market. The simple story finds Miss Gardner falling in love with an officer aboard ship, meeting disappointment, then meeting Gigli, through his small son. The widower is attracted to the girl, and with his limited knowledge of English, proposes. They are married, and he is extremely devoted to her. Then suddenly she again meets the man she had loved, and he asks her to go away with him. She is torn between her desire to go and her loyalty to the kind Gigli. In a dramatic climax, Gigli is singing, sees her leave the theatre, and rushes home, where she joins him, her decision made.