''Love Me Forever'' (also released as ''On Wings of Song'') is a 1935 American

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directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film was nominated for an

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for Best Sound Recording (

John P. Livadary John Paul Livadary (born 20 May 1896, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 7 April 1987, Newport Beach, California, USA ) was a sound designer. He started work in 1928 at Columbia Pictures and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing three times an ...

Cast

* Grace Moore as Margaret Howard * Leo Carrillo as Steve Corelli * Robert Allen as Phillip Cameron *

Spring Byington Spring Dell Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of ''December Bride''. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in ...

as Clara Fields * Michael Bartlett as Michael Bartlett *

Luis Alberni Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor of stage and films. Early years Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain, on October 4, 1886. He acted in stock theater for four years in Marseille ...

as Luigi * Douglass Dumbrille as Miller * Thurston Hall as Maurizio

Reception

Writing for ''

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'',

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made light of the film's use of excerpts from '' La Bohème'' and described Moore's acting as "undistinguished", suggesting that the success of the film is due in large part to Carrillo's performance. It was the 10th most popular film at the British box office in 1935-36."The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s" by John Sedgwick and Michael Pokorny, ''The Economic History Review''New Series, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Feb. 2005), pp.97

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Love Me Forever 1935 films 1935 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Victor Schertzinger Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling 1930s English-language films 1930s American films