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Blithe Spirit

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Blithe Spirit
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NR,1hr 36min
Genres:
Comedy,Sci-Fi
Released:
January 1, 1945
Director:
David Lean
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond  ...more
Synopsis: 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. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
Light, clever drawing-room comedy may have reached its zenith in this 1945 film of the hit Noël Coward play about a cynical novelist who has just settled down with his second wife when the unhappy spirit of his first wife returns to haunt him. The play was an instant success when it debuted in London in 1941, and director David Lean, who repeatedly collaborated with Coward on film versions of his plays, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Rex Harrison
Charles Condomine
Constance Cummings
Ruth Condomine
Kay Hammond
Elvira Condomine
Margaret Rutherford
Madame Arcati
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