Blithe Spirit (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Noel Coward Frederick De Cordova Franklin J. Schaffner (Series Crew) Paul Harrison (Series Crew) |
| Produced by | Richard Lewine |
| Written by | Noel Coward (play) John Tackaberry (Series Crew) |
| Starring | Lauren Bacall Claudette Colbert Noel Coward Mildred Natwick |
| Music by | Frank Denning (Series Crew) |
| Distributed by | CBS Television |
| Release date(s) | 14 January 1956 |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
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Blithe Spirit is a 1956 made-for-television film. The production was directed by Noel Coward and Frederick De Cordova, produced by Richard Lewine, and starred Coward, Lauren Bacall, and Claudette Colbert. It aired as an episode of the CBS monthly anthology series Ford Star Jubilee. The original broadcast was in color, and surviving kinescope prints are black-and-white.
This version of Blithe Spirit was not a made-for-television film, as is often thought, but a live 1956 performance of the play, later preserved on kinescope (videotape had not yet become standard).
Claudette Colbert: Killed in a car crash after Lauren Bacall's ghost tampers with the brakes in an attempt to kill Noel Coward. She appears as a ghost throughout the rest of the story.
Mildred Natwick, who portrayed the eccentric medium Madame Arcati, was nominated for Primetime Emmy for Best Supporting Performance by an Actress.
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[edit] Plot
Charles Condomine is a writer living in the English countryside with his second wife Ruth. He's researching a book involving metaphysics and invites a medium, Madame Arcati, to his home for dinner and a seance. The ghost of his first wife Elvira is accidentally summoned and she proceeds to wreak havoc with his present wife.
[edit] Cast
- Lauren Bacall as Elvira Condomine
- Claudette Colbert as Ruth Condomine
- Noel Coward as Charles Condomine
- Brenda Forbes as Mrs. Bradman
- Mildred Natwick as Madame Arcati
- Marion Ross as Edith
- Philip Tonge as Dr. Bradman
[edit] Movie connections
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
- Blithe Spirit (1946) (TV)
- Blithe Spirit (1948) (TV)
- Blithe Spirit (1966) (TV)
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