The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | |
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| Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Written by | R. A. Dick (novel) Philip Dunne |
| Starring | Gene Tierney Rex Harrison George Sanders |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Editing by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 26, 1947 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 104 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about the film. For the TV series, see The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series).
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) is a romantic fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It is based on a 1945 novel written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R. A. Dick. In 1945, Twentieth Century Fox bought the film rights to the novel, which had only been published in the United Kingdom at that time.
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[edit] Plot summary
The film opens in England, circa 1900. Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), a young widow, moves into a seaside cottage with her daughter Anna (Natalie Wood) and her maid Martha (Edna Best). To her surprise, the house is haunted by the ghost of the former owner, a roguish sea captain named Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), who makes himself known only to her. When Lucy's source of investment income dries up, he dictates to her his memoirs, entitled Blood and Swash. His racy recollections make the book a best-seller, allowing Lucy to stay in the house.
Meanwhile, she becomes attracted to suave Miles Fairley (George Sanders), a writer of children's stories known as "Uncle Neddy". Captain Gregg, not wishing to become an obstacle to her happiness, ends their friendship and erases her memory of him while she sleeps. Shortly thereafter, Lucy discovers that Miles is already married and she leaves him, heartbroken. Roughly ten years later, Anna (Vanessa Brown) returns to the cottage with a boyfriend and tells her mother that she too spoke with Captain Gregg.
After a long life, Lucy dies. Captain Gregg appears before her at the moment of her death - reaching out, he lifts her young spirit free of her dead body. The two walk out the front door arm in arm, into the mist. She is finally reunited with her captain.
[edit] Cast
- Gene Tierney as Lucy Muir
- Rex Harrison as Daniel Gregg
- George Sanders as Miles Fairley
- Edna Best as Martha
- Vanessa Brown as Anna Muir (as an adult)
- Anna Lee as Mrs. Fairley
- Natalie Wood as Anna Muir (as a child)
- Robert Coote as Mr. Coombs
- Whitford Kane as Mr. Sproull
[edit] DVD
The film was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox as part of their 20th Century Fox Studio Classics collection.
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