Alicia I love this movie so much

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

weezeralfalfa The first half of the film is generally feel good, with much kissing, hugging and "Darling" talk between stars David Niven and Loretta Young, both of whom come across as charming. They are immediately attracted to each other, and before we know it, they're married and she is serving as his assistant in his magic shows.But, as we begin the second half, things begin to get rocky, generally less interesting, and more contrived. Niven refuses to take seriously Loretta's hints that she is weary of living out of a suitcase. She wants him to slow down and not accept every offer of a global tour. She's also weary of worrying that he will soon die from his solo act where he jumps from 15,000 feet with a parachute, but with his hands behind his back, handcuffed. She reveals that she has financed the building of a charming country house, and strongly hints that she wants to spend some time with him there in the near future. But, he ignores this hint, having recently received an offer for a world tour with his airplane jump stunt. Thus, without consulting Niven, Loretta goes off to Reno with her aunt(Billie Burke)to file for a quickie divorce, complaining that she doesn't feel needed any more. After the divorce, she immediately takes a cruise. Low and behold, her old boyfriend Don(Broderick Crawford)is aboard. Loretta soon convinces him to marry her, and they have the ship captain perform the ceremony. Meanwhile , Niven continues to perform his magic tricks, now with Lola(Virginia Fields) as his assistant.Niven arranges that he keeps bumping into Don and Loretta, so that he can recapture her, if he can talk to her. It's not hard to see that she still loves him as a person. They have a romantic ride on an ice skiff with sail, where they talk things over, and kiss. I'll leave the rather rushed finale for you to see.Unfortunately, the various 'name' secondary players don't add much interest to the film. Billie Burke, of course, played the good witch in "The Wizard of Oz".Loretta and Niven were major characters in several other films: "Four Men and a Prayer", "Three Bind Mice" and, later, "The Bishop's Wife", with Cary Grant.See it at YouTube.

handhauau David Niven is famous and wealthy. He's also very vain, self-centred, a habitual liar and will do anything to get his own way. He relies on the goodness of others, encouraging them to do the right thing while he does anything but. He is thoroughly unlikable and even early in the movie I was hoping for him to go splat in one of his ridiculous aerial jumps. At the very least, Broderick should have broken his jaw. However he succeeds in snatching Loretta away from Broderick Crawford, not once but twice, and ends up with Loretta at the end. Has he mended his ways? There is no suggestion in the movie that he has. He's a snake to the end. The house they go to isn't the one Loretta built for them (the one she gave him for free and he took his new girlfriend there) as the sign says they've just bought it. Loretta makes one courageous break for freedom in the movie, but she has 'doormat' written all over her forehead. This movie sets male/female relationships back a thousand years - unless you believe that women are really that dumb and shallow and that conceited liars make the most successful men.

MartinHafer Loretta Young and David Niven play a rich and successful couple who travel the globe with his magic show. Despite the glamor, Young is miserable, as Niven is addicted to his career--the excitement, the night life and the adulation from his public. But, Niven is sometimes too adventurous--doing some outlandishly dangerous stunts. Also, although he's promised his wife that they'll vacation and act like a normal couple, he really doesn't mean it and she's sick of the life. Despite telling him this, he doesn't seem to hear her--only thinking of himself and his career. So, out of desperation, she leaves him--running off to Reno for a divorce. He only catches up to her when it's too late--she's now on her honeymoon with her new husband, Broderick Crawford. What can be done? Niven does love his ex-wife and wants to reform...and is there any way to get her back? and what about poor Crawford? "Eternally Yours" has one huge thing going for it--David Niven. Aside from a few turkeys (such as "Casino Royale" and his last Pink Panther appearance), I will watch him in about anything. The film is enjoyable but inconsequential--with a very good supporting cast, such as the always enjoyable C. Aubrey Smith, Eve Arden, Zasu Pitts and others. However, one weakness in the film was the way poor Crawford was treated...he was sadly misused by Niven and Young and this made the film a bit cold-hearted. Still, it is worth seeing.By the way, the parachute scene was awfully poorly done. Not only did it look rather fake but the chute opened about 30 or 40 feet from the ground (after jumping from 15,000 feet) and yet he was pretty much physically unharmed--BOTH times he did it. Such a landing would have no doubt killed him or at least resulted in a VERY prolonged hospital stay! Also, Niven's explanation of the powers of hypnosis (such as being able to make someone kill when hypnotized) are ridiculous! I've trained in hypnosis and surely would have used it for evil had these sort of powers been possible!!

javalorum I enjoyed this picture a lot. It has the warmth of the classics, yet the characterization and the whole plot fits to today's world. The incredible chemistry between the two leads is (I found) very rare among movies from that age.