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The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
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12 April 1940 (USA)
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AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE! (original print ad - all caps)
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Fighting over an inheritance, one Pyncheon brother frames the other for murder. full summary | full synopsis
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Murder
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Mansion
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Better than the book
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | George Sanders | ... | Jaffrey Pyncheon |
| Margaret Lindsay | ... | Hepzibah Pyncheon |
 | Vincent Price | ... | Clifford Pyncheon |
| Dick Foran | ... | Matthew Maule |
| Nan Grey | ... | Phoebe Pyncheon |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Philip Barton |
| Alan Napier | ... | Fuller, the Postman |
| Gilbert Emery | ... | Gerald Pyncheon |
| Miles Mander | ... | Deacon Arnold Foster |
| Charles Trowbridge | ... | Judge |
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89 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #6107)
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Vincent Price was brought in at the last minute to substitute for Robert Cummings, who had become indisposed through illness.
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Version of The House of the Seven Gables (1910)
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THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES
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I didn't notice the knuckle-biting faux pas noticed by the last commentator, but agree with him that the acting is very well done. Margaret Lockwood is outstanding! I disagree that the book is better. The movie is far better. This is House of the Seven Gables as if it was written by Nat's buddy, Herman Melville--it's got some real romance and intensity about it as a result of changing the relationships around. It also has some anti-racist, anti-slave politics completely absent from the book. When is it going DVD--I'll scoop it right up!
Now if only somebody would get around to filming Melville's PIERRE!