Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Howls by the hundreds...surprises by the score...Errol used to be a superman...but he isn't anymore!

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.

Date of release
1946-11-09
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy
Director
James V. Kern

Casting

Interesting facts

Never Say Goodbye is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by James V. Kern and starring Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, and Lucile Watson. Produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is about a divorced couple and the daughter who works to bring them back together. It was Errol Flynn's first purely comedic role since Footsteps in the Dark.

Production

The film was originally known as Don't Ever Leave Me and was based on an original story by Norma and Ben Barzman. The idea was Norma Barzman's and she worked on it with her husband Ben. It was purchased by Warner Bros. Pictures in June 1944 as a vehicle for Claire Foley, who had appeared in the play Janie, which had just been acquired by Warners for filming. Jesse L. Lasky was assigned to produce.

The project remained in development until June 1945, when it was announced that Errol Flynn would star. Flynn had been set to star in two action films, Adventures of Don Juan and The Frontiersman, but both had been postponed. (Don Juan was shot some years later; The Frontiersman - postponed because "of the wartime travel problem, many location sequences being necessary for the story" - was never made.) The article mentioned that the plot of Don't…

Eleanor Parker was allocated the female lead opposite Flynn. Newcomer Patti Brady was given the role of their daughter. Forrest Tucker was borrowed from Columbia to play his role. He later signed a long-term contract with Warners.

In July 1945 the title was changed to Never Say Goodbye.

For the scene in which Phil puts on a "tough guy" front to intimidate Fenwick, Humphrey Bogart (uncredited) overdubbed Flynn's dialogue.

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