Forever Amber

In Forever Amber (1947) Darnell portrayed an ambitious 17th-century woman who overcomes her humble beginnings through a series of affairs. Because of the Production Code restrictions, the film captured little of the eroticism of the best seller by Kathleen Winsor, but it was still a box-office…

…in the film version of Forever Amber (1947). The game’s popularity among the literate is suggested by its prominence in the earliest books of instruction in card play, which date from the 17th century. It held pride of place for three centuries in various editions of Charles Cotton’s The Compleat…

Forest (1946), Centennial Summer (1946), Forever Amber (1947), Road House (1948), Shockproof (1949), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), and The Fifth Musketeer (1979). He also starred in and directed a series of action films, notably The Naked Prey (1966), Beach Red (1967), and Shark’s Treasure (1975). His last motion…