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Ladies in Retirement (1941)The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results. Director:Charles Vidor |
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Ellen Creed
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Louis Hayward | ... |
Albert Feather
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Evelyn Keyes | ... |
Lucy
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Emily Creed
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Edith Barrett | ... |
Louisa Creed
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Isobel Elsom | ... |
Leonora Fiske
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Emma Dunn | ... |
Sister Theresa
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Queenie Leonard | ... |
Sister Agatha
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Clyde Cook | ... |
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Storyline
In the late nineteenth century, Ellen Creed works as the live-in companion to Miss Leonora Fiske, a retired actress who lives in the English countryside and who still retains her theatrical mannerisms. Ellen receives notice that the landlady of her two sisters, Emily Creed and Louisa Creed, who currently live in London, is threatening to call the police to haul them away to an asylum because of their disruptive behavior due to their mentally deranged state. Ellen will not allow her sisters to be institutionalized, and convinces Miss Fiske to allow them to stay with them for a couple of days. Miss Fiske was unaware of their deranged mental state when she agreed and is also unaware that Ellen hopes to make their stay permanent. Both issues eventually become apparent to Miss Fiske, who cannot tolerate how Emily and Louisa disrupt her home life. However, Ellen "convinces" Miss Fiske to take an extended leave from the house... Written by Huggo
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El misterio de Fiske Manor See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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Lucy: No, you mustn't! I don't know you!
Albert Feather: You don't have to know people to kiss them.
Lucy: I do!
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as if they were rising to the surface of the swamp and floating there; the
rest of the credits appear on tombstones and signs surrounding the area. See more »
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Rosalind Russell, who had a non-exclusive contract with Columbia Pictures, was originally announced to play Ellen Creed. See more »Goofs
Boom mic visible: Microphone shadow visible over fireplace when Mrs. Fiske has showdown with sisters about hauling junk into her home. See more »Quotes
Albert Feather: How about makin' the most of a male fish now one has been washed up, ay? What about a smacker?Lucy: No, you mustn't! I don't know you!
Albert Feather: You don't have to know people to kiss them.
Lucy: I do!
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The title of the film and the names of Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward appearas if they were rising to the surface of the swamp and floating there; the
rest of the credits appear on tombstones and signs surrounding the area. See more »
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