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19-531: Eternally Yours may refer to: Eternally Yours (film) , a 1939 American film directed by Tay Garnett Eternally Yours , a 2006 short film by Atsushi Ogata Eternally Yours (album) , by the Saints, 1978 "Eternally Yours" (song) , by 2 Unlimited, 1991 See also [ edit ] Eternamente tuya (lit. Eternally Yours ), a 2009 Mexican telenovela Forever Yours (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

38-444: A Blonde (1944) and Woo, Woo! (1945) are alarmingly similar in content; viewing them together, it's nearly impossible to detect" any difference. He continued to star in these comedies for the remainder of his life. Herbert wrote six screenplays, co-wrote the screenplays for the films Lights of New York (1928) and Second Wife (1930), and contributed to The Great Gabbo (1929) and others. He acted in three films co-written by

57-712: A comedy-mystery featuring an exceptional unmasking of the culprit. Herbert was often caricatured in Warners' Looney Tunes shorts of the 1930s/1940s, such as Speaking of the Weather (1937) and The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940). One of the minor characters in the Terrytoons short The Talking Magpies (1946) is also a recognizably Herbertesque bird. In 1939, Herbert signed with Universal Pictures , where, as at Warners, he played supporting roles in major films and leading roles in minor ones. One of his performances from this period

76-441: A lockpick in the wrong airplane, but goes ahead with the trick anyway. He frees himself dangerously close to the ground. After he is pulled unconscious out of the water, Anita rushes to his side. When he regains consciousness, they are reconciled. In the final scene, they enter their Connecticut home. Originally, producer Walter Wanger had planned to film Sacha Guitry 's 1917 play L'Illusionniste  [ fr ] (based on

95-510: A nightclub. The entertainment is none other than the Great Arturo, with his old assistant, Lola De Vere ( Virginia Field ). He soon persuades Bingham to let him perform at Bingham's company retreat at a resort, much to Anita's discomfort. Mrs. Bingham ( ZaSu Pitts ) has a dilemma, though. They have not booked enough rooms to provide separate bedrooms for the unmarried Tony and Lola. Tony suggests he and Don share one room, while Anita and Lola take

114-601: A two-year, round-the-world tour rather than take the vacation he had promised, she finally gives up. She leaves him and gets a divorce in Reno . Anita's grandfather, Bishop Peabody ( C. Aubrey Smith ), breaks the news to the distraught Tony. On a sea cruise with her Aunt Abby ( Billie Burke ), Anita is surprised to run into her old fiancé Don. She gets the ship's captain to marry them. However, she spends their honeymoon night with her grandfather. The next night, Don insists on introducing her to his boss, Harley Bingham ( Raymond Walburn ), at

133-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eternally Yours (film) Anita Halstead ( Loretta Young ) goes to see a magic act performed by Tony ( David Niven ), the "Great Arturo", after her bridal shower for her wedding to Don Burns ( Broderick Crawford ). Anita and Tony are immediately attracted to each other and get married. She becomes his assistant in

152-504: Is in the Olsen and Johnson comedy Hellzapoppin' (1941), in which he played a nutty detective. Herbert joined Columbia Pictures in 1943 and became a familiar face in short subjects, with the same actors and directors who made the Stooges shorts. Commenting on these two-reel films, The Columbia Comedy Shorts notes for example that " Who's Hugh? (1943), His Hotel Sweet (1944), A Knight and

171-537: The 1939 New York World's Fair . Paul LePaul , the magician who was a technical adviser to Eternally Yours has a cameo doing card tricks with Hugh Herbert . Tay Garnett also has a bit part in the film. Paul Mantz performed aerial stuntwork and photography for the film. Two aircraft in Eternally Yours were: Frank S. Nugent in his review for The New York Times , said: "....the love affair between Loretta Young and David Niven in "Eternally Yours" (at

190-498: The Wonder Woman comic book series) copied the catchphrase as "woo woo" that Herbert even began to use "woo woo" rather than "hoo hoo" in the 1940s. Herbert's early movies, like Wheeler & Woolsey 's feature Hook, Line and Sinker (1930), cast him in generic comedy roles that could have been taken by any comedian. He developed a unique screen personality, complete with a silly giggle, and this new character caught on quickly. He

209-561: The Roxy) is certain to provoke its fair share of local interest and comment. To begin with, it is a gratifyingly high-toned affair in which chinchilla coats, de luxe world tours, champagne hangovers and lodges in the Adirondacks are tossed about as freely and familiarly as the average person tosses off a blue-plate lunch. But its real novelty is Mr. Niven as a magician and Miss Young as the lady he first carelessly causes to disappear, and then pursues to

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228-452: The act. One night, Tony becomes drunk in the company of a woman reporter and boasts he will jump out of an aircraft at 15,000 feet (4,600 m) with his hands handcuffed behind his back. When she prints his claim, he first tries to get out of it with a fake cast on his arm, but when he sees the thousands of fans, he goes through with it, freeing himself in mid-air and parachuting safely to the ground. He promises Anita that he will not attempt

247-475: The dangerous stunt again, but soon breaks his word and performs it repeatedly all over the world. Anita becomes weary of the constant travel and longs to settle down and start a family. Secretly, she sells her jewelry and has a house built in the Connecticut countryside. When it is completed, she shows Tony a picture of it, but his uninterested reaction stops her from telling him it is theirs. When he signs up for

266-590: The four corners of the earth." Variety magazine was more succinct, noting, the film, "... will have to depend on name power to get it by." Overall, Eternally Yours recorded a loss of $ 107,747. Hugh Herbert Hugh Herbert (August 10, 1885 – March 12, 1952) was an American motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches. Born in Binghamton, New York , Herbert attended Cornell University . As an actor, he "had many serious roles, and for years

285-527: The illusionists Émile Isola and Vincent Isola ), but the Production Code Administration deemed it too risqué for filming. Screenwriters Gene Towne and G. Graham Baker made so many changes that Wanger eventually billed the film as an original screenplay. Wanger and director Tay Garnett used footage of their around the world trip that they shot for Trade Winds (1938), their previous collaboration. Eternally Yours also featured footage from

304-447: The other. During his stay, Tony tries unsuccessfully to persuade Anita to take him back. Meanwhile, the hapless Don becomes sick, and the doctor prescribes no physical activity of any sort for a month. Bishop Peabody is told by his lawyer that Anita's divorce is not legal. Later, he informs his granddaughter that Tony will be doing his parachute stunt that day. She attends. Tony tells his valet and friend Benton ( Hugh Herbert ) that he hid

323-426: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Eternally Yours . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eternally_Yours&oldid=974557889 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

342-465: Was frequently featured in Warner Brothers films of the 1930s, including Bureau of Missing Persons , Footlight Parade (both 1933), Dames , Fog Over Frisco , Fashions of 1934 (all 1934), and Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), as well as A Midsummer Night's Dream (also 1935), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play . He played leads in "B comedies", notably Sh! The Octopus (1937),

361-510: Was seen on major vaudeville circuits as a pathetic old Hebrew." The advent of talking pictures brought stage-trained actors to Hollywood, and Herbert soon became a popular movie comedian. His screen character was usually flustered and absent-minded. He would flutter his fingers together and talk to himself, repeating the same phrases: "Hoo-hoo-hoo, wonderful, wonderful, hoo hoo hoo!" So many imitators (including Curly Howard of The Three Stooges , Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Etta Candy in

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