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14 May 1945 (UK)
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One Wife Too Many
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Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
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Noel Coward Exhibition at the Academy
(From Alt Film Guide. 9 February 2010, 2:00 PM, PST)
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: February 9, 2010
(From Rope Of Silicon. 9 February 2010, 4:15 AM, PST)
(From Alt Film Guide. 9 February 2010, 2:00 PM, PST)
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: February 9, 2010
(From Rope Of Silicon. 9 February 2010, 4:15 AM, PST)
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"Being John Malkovich", eat your heart out!
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Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' (UK) (complete title)
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96 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Following the success of the play in London and on Broadway, every studio in Hollywood wanted to make the movie of Blithe Spirit (1945). However, Noel Coward took the project to his friend David Lean, with whom he had co-directed the Oscar-winning In Which We Serve (1942). However, Coward was not at all happy with Lean's film of Blithe Spirit (1945). He later asked Lean, "How the hell did you fuck up the best thing I ever did?"
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Revealing mistakes: After the séance when Elvira first appears, she flops onto the settee by the fire. As her dress billows you can see wear the green ghostly make up ends half way up her leg, showing normal skin above the make up line.
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Version of Blithe Spirit (1948) (TV)
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I saw this movie after I read a recommendation in the TV guide and had never heard of it, but when I heard it was directed by David Lean, I was there. Wasn't I pleasantly surprised at what I saw! A genuine work of imagination; charming, witty, and slyly dark in tone(although it was filmed in technicolour). I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am comparing it to the recent "Being John Malkovich" because the way both films are employed is in a similar way. I wouldn't dream of revealing plot details here, but if you've seen "Malkovich" and liked it, I recommend this one.
It is interesting that David Lean (the "master of the epic") made a film like this in his prime. It just goes to show that his films aren't long, boring melodramas. They can be imaginative, funny and entertaining. I enjoyed "Lawrence of Arabia", but "Blithe Spirit" really surprised me!
10/10(!)