FOREVER AFTER

Forever after: translation

William A. Bradyproduced Owen Davis's romantic drama when it opened on 9 September 1918 for 312 performances at the Central Theatre. Conrad Nagel appeared as a seriously injuredWorldWar I soldier reunited with his lost love, a nurse played by Alice Brady, and it won popular favor despite the author's own misgivings about its quality. Davis parlayed the success ofForever Afterinto a more serious run of new works over the subsequent decade, abandoning the popular but poorly constructedmelodramasof his early career. A 1926 motion picture version ofForever Afterstarred Mary Astor.