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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 
Actors : Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown
Director : Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Studio : 20th Century Fox
by 20th Century Fox
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0024543071426
UPC : 024543071426
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 148 reviews)
List Price : $14.98
Our Price : $6.84
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A romance between a young widow and a sea captain's ghost weaves a magical tale of immortal love. Determined to live her life the way she wants, newly widowed Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) declines her straitlaced in-laws demand that she live with them and moves with her daughter (a young Natalie Wood) to the seaside into a cottage haunted by the handsome, blustering Captain Gregg (Rex Harrison). A deal is struck between the two in the wee hours of the morning allowing Lucy to stay in the house and the captain to materalize only in the master bedroom. As they gradually get to know each other better, Lucy's spunk and stubborness gains first the captain's grudging respect, then his heart. But when another man woos Lucy, both must face that her future lies with the living, not in the spirit world. |
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Americancivilwar.com essential video |
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Joseph Mankiewicz's moody classic is less ghost story than romantic fantasy, a handsome 1947 drama of impossible love set on the picturesque turn-of-the-century New England coast. Independent young widow Lucy Muir (the luminous Gene Tierney), desperate to escape her uptight in-laws, falls in love with a grand seaside house and moves in, only to discover the cantankerous ghost of the hot-tempered Captain Gregg (a histrionically flamboyant performance by Rex Harrison). Lucy refuses to let the bombastic captain frighten her away, earning his respect, his friendship, and later his love. They team up to turn the captain's salty memoirs into a bestseller, but as his affection grows he fades away, leaving Lucy free to undertake a more worldly suitor, notably a charismatic children's author (George Sanders at his smarmy smoothest) with his own guarded secret. Charles Lang's melancholy black-and-white photography and Bernard Herrmann's haunting score set the tone for this sublime adult drama, and Tierney delivers one of her most understated performances as the resolute Mrs. Muir. Mankiewicz turns this ghost story into a refreshingly mature and down-to-earth romance. --Sean Axmaker |
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Put this in on a rainy day and thoroughly enjoy yourself. Sweet and tender. A classic romance. Never tire of it. Rex Harrison is a perfect sea captain. |
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Wonderful Old Movie |
This has been a favorite movie of mine since I first saw it on TV as a child. It still moves me to laughter and tears. The acting is old fashioned, but it seems to match the date that the film portrays.
I would recommend this to any other romantics out there. |
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Not your momma's romance film. |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
While I was a longtime fan of the TV adaptation of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which ran only two seasons but survived for years afterwards in syndication, I somehow never got round to seeing the film version until now. I'm not sure why. It's a Mankiewicz (Sleuth, The Quiet American) film, so it's guaranteed entertainment, and the screenplay is by Philip Dunne (The Robe). Add a cast headed up by Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, and how can you go wrong?
Tierney plays Lucy Muir, a young widow who, after an amusing scene where she asserts herself with a realtor who thinks he knows what's best for her, rents a seaside cottage haunted by the ghost of its previous inhabitant, Captain Gregg (Harrison). Lucy, her daughter Anna (Natalie Wood), and her maid Martha (Enda Best), settle in and seem to be doing well until Lucy's mother-in-law and sister-in-law, two harridans if ever there were, drop in to inform her that her late husband's estate is gone. Lucy and Captain Gregg have to come up with a plan that will keep the house in Lucy's name, so that she can dispose of it in her will the way he would have in his, had he time to make one.
On the surface, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is nothing more than a charming, if shallow, romance with supernatural tinges. But there's surface, and then there's the film Joseph Mankiewicz made, which bears up to repeated viewings. The viewer will likely find some new subtle nuance or shade with each revisiting of the film; the symbolism runs fast and deep here, and there are all sorts of pleasurable little nuggets to be found for those willing to look. Not to say one can't enjoy it as nothing more than a charming, if shallow, romance; the beauty of Mankiewicz' movies is that no matter what you bring to the table, they're still a great experience. ****
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A light hearted soft comedy with a wonderful ending that will require a couple tissues. You must have time to watch the whole picture to get the total effect of the movie. The acting is supurb and it is one of my all time favorites. |
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Wow what a great movie |
Just recently started watching old movies from well before my time and I'm surprised at how much better they are than much of what gets put out now.
This could be one of if not the best movie ever (excluding the entire works of Humphrey Bogart-a class of thier own) Gene Tierney was amazing and the whole movie can't even be described it's so good-nothing at all can be said that comes close to the amazing range of feeling you get from this incredible film. |
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