Forever is a silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, also known as Peter Ibbetson; written by Ouida Bergère

Ouida Bergère

Ouida Bergère was an American screenwriter and actress.-Biography:Her name was said to be Ouida DuGaze, the daughter of Stephen and Marion DuGaze. Her father was Spanish, and her mother of French and English ancestry...

, and directed by George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice was a film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage...

. Adapted from 1891's George Du Maurier

George du Maurier

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a French-born British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and also for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of the writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier...

's novel, Peter Ibbetson, made into a play by John N. Raphael.

Once an extant film with the sole remaining copy held up until the 1970s by Wallace Reid's widow Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer who appeared in silent film for Biograph Studios under the direction of D.W. Griffith.-Early career:...

 who donated it for a proposed museum/archive, her copy of the film is sadly lost

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

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Peter Ibbetson (Reid) is an orphan raised by his uncle, Colonel Ibbetson.