:
Rex Harrison,
Constance Cummings,
Kay Hammond,
more...
:
David Lean
see all cast/crew...
: Not Rated
: Image Entertainment
: Comedies, Foreign, British Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Classic Sci-Fi, Ghosts, Classic Sci Fi/Fantasy, Fantasy, Classic Fantasy, UK
: 96 min.
: English
see additional details...
This title is currently out of print.
|
|
The Noel Coward/David Lean combination which turned out such dramas as Brief Encounter and This Happy Breed sets its sights on the viewer's funny bone with Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison plays a novelist, newly married to straight-laced Constance Cummings. Via a seance, Harrison accidentally summons the spirit of his first wife, Kay Hammond. Believing that Hammond wants to ruin his marriage, Harrison enlists the services of local medium Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford) to exorcise Hammond's spirit. She fails, and in time, Harrison's second wife is killed; now he has two playful spirits on his hands! Technicolor is used throughout Blithe Spirit, with the ghosts' shimmering paleness providing contrast to the plain, everyday colors of Harrison's conservative country home. Blithe Spirit was later transformed into the Broadway musical High Spirits, with the original script bent out of shape to turn the character of Madame Arcati (played by Beatrice Lillie) into the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
This title is currently out of print.
|
|
|
|
GreenCine Member Rating
(Average 7.58)
12 Votes
add to list 
|
|
|
Your cart
etaviotal
© 2006 All Media Guide, LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide®,
a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.