Forever (1921 film)

for the 1935 film of this story starring Gary Cooper see Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson Reid is an orphan raised by his uncle, Colonel Ibbetson. When the Colonel insults his dead mother, Peter attacks him and is ordered from the house. Then the young man runs into his childhood sweetheart, Mimsi Ferguson, and their romantic feelings are rekindled.Unfortunately, Mimsi has married, but they carry on a love affair in their dreams. Their dreamaffair continues over the years, even after Peter kills her husband, the Duke of Towers, and gets a life prison sentence. ........

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