Product Details

• Actors: Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Guy Standing, Charlotte Granville
• Directors: Henry Hathaway
• Writers: Jack Kirkland, Melville Baker, Sylvia Thalberg, Vincent Lawrence
• Producers: Louis D. Lighton
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304153104
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,770 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Shirley Temple's superstardom in the 1930s was associated with Twentieth Century Fox, but before Fox locked her down she made two films for Paramount. It was 1934, her breakthrough year, and these pictures are not quite yet the showcase vehicles Fox would assemble for their pint-sized meal ticket. Henry Hathaway's Now and Forever casts Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard as world-traveling con artists, suddenly forced to grow up when Coop decides to take charge of his daughter. The lure of diamonds and the easy life is never far away, but rely on Shirley to keep her Daddy on his toes. The dimpled Ms. Temple plays a distinctly supporting role in this one, and her singing and dancing is limited compared to the vehicles she would command within the year. Cooper is all charm, although Lombard is stuck in something of a nag role. Still, a solid enough studio picture of the era, and a logical launching pad for the greatest child star in film history. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of little Shirley's best roles, August 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Now & Forever [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Now and Forever is a perfect showcase for the acting ability that Shirley Temple had as a young child. Less contrived than some of her later pictures, the script gives her the chance to really play a three-dimensional character. Her range of emotion is simply stunning, considering she was only six years old at the time. Although there is little of the singing and dancing Shirley was known for, this is nonetheless a great movie.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TEMPLE, COOPER & LOMBARD SHINE., January 8, 2003

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now & Forever [VHS] (VHS Tape)

With a knock-out cast like this movie has, it will almost certainly please lovers of vintage movies. Jerry Day and Toni Carstairs (Cooper & Lombard) are a pair of vagabond thieves in love. On a boat from Shanghai, Jerry receives word from Connecticut that the parents of his dead wife want to take possession of his little daughter, Penelope. Jerry is willing to sell the tyke to his brother-in-law for $75,OOO - but Toni has different ideas....Although this "Temple film" isn't exactly ideal for the kids (its theme is really too mature) it will please those who will appreciate the clever antics which ensue. The talented, chubby Alice Faye-like Dorothy Dell was originally supposed to play Lombard's role but she was killed in an auto accident. Dell played the female lead in LITTLE MISS MARKER. If vintage moviegoers saw her sing WITH MY EYES WIDE OPEN I'M DREAMING - in SHOOT THE WORKS - you haven't forgotten her. The original title of the source material for this film was entitled HONOR BRIGHT by Jack Kirland and Melville Baker.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deeper than it first appears,, April 18, 2002

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Bonnie Grider (Kayenta, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now & Forever [VHS] (VHS Tape)

... I hasten to say that Now and Forever is a worthwhile
film. Shirley Temple gives a great performance with memorable scenes
and lines, as in "Oh, Daddy, you said Honor Bright," when Cooper, as
her father, breaks a promise.

Gary Cooper is trying hard not to be
completely villanous,and he has his daughter's best interests at
heart. My favorite thing about the movie is the way it shows life as
being more complicated than just right vs. wrong. That a child is
affected by grownup vices seems realistic to me.

No easy answers,
and good acting. I loved it.