Forever Female

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American comedy-drama film film

Forever Female is a 1953 American comedy-drama film starring Ginger Rogers as an aging Broadway actress grappling with youth, ambition, and changing roles in the theater.

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instanceOf American comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn play by Ketti Frings ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles Lang ⓘ
surface form: Charles B. Lang Jr.
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Irving Rapper ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Warren Low ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasFormat theatrical film ⓘ
hasGingerRogersRoleType aging Broadway star ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Paul Douglas ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
mainCharacter Beatrice Page ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Ginger Rogers ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
narrativeTheme aging ⓘ
ambition ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
theatre and performance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An aging Broadway actress struggles with her fading youth, ambition, and changing roles while competing with a younger actress for a part in a new play. ⓘ
producer Pat Duggan ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenplayType adaptation ⓘ
screenwriter Julius J. Epstein ⓘ
Ketti Frings ⓘ
Philip G. Epstein ⓘ
setting Broadway theatre world ⓘ
starring Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Pat Crowley ⓘ
Paul Douglas ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
supportingActor Pat Crowley ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1950s ⓘ
title Forever Female self-link ⓘ

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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Forever Female ⓘ
Forever Female → title → Forever Female self-link ⓘ