Blithe Spirit
Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!
1945 | 96m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | David Lean |
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| Writer: | Ronald Neame, David Lean, Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Staring: |
| An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 05, 1945 |
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| Director: | David Lean |
| Writer: | Ronald Neame, David Lean, Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | love triangle, married couple, exorcism, medium, murder, based on play or musical, trance, author, maid, widower, novelist, screwball comedy, ghost, séance, mystery writer |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Noel Coward-Cineguild |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rex Harrison | Charles Condomine |
| Constance Cummings | Ruth Condomine |
| Kay Hammond | Elvira Condomine |
| Margaret Rutherford | Madame Arcati |
| Hugh Wakefield | Dr. George Bradman |
| Joyce Carey | Violet Bradman |
| Jacqueline Clarke | Edith |
| Marie Ault | Cook (uncredited) |
| Johnnie Schofield | R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited) |
| Noël Coward | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Addinsell | Original Music Composer |
| Ronald Neame | Screenplay, Director of Photography |
| David Lean | Screenplay, Director |
| Noël Coward | Screenplay, Theatre Play |
| George Pollock | Assistant Director |
| Hilda Collins | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| George Paternoster | Boom Operator |
| Vivienne Walker | Hairdresser |
| Arthur Taksen | Set Decoration |
| Norman Spencer | Unit Manager |
| Percy Dayton | Boom Operator |
| Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Tom Howard | Special Effects |
| C.P. Norman | Art Direction |
| Jack Harris | Editor |
| Norah Walsh | Assistant Editor |
| Rahvis | Costume Designer |
| Anthony Havelock-Allan | Screenplay |
| Sydney Streeter | Unit Manager |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Noël Coward | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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You can't really go wrong with David Lean adapting Noël Coward in a film about poor old Rex Harrison ("Charles") and three on-form women: two of whom he married - Constance Cummings ("Ruth)" and Kay Hammond ("Elvira") and the other is the source of most of his woes - spiritual medium Margaret Ruther ... ford ("Madama Arcati"). Right from the start, the pace of the dialogue is witty and engaging. Harrison - who can be terribly wooden on occasion, is well up for this spiritual lark as a seance at his home - under the supervision of the dotty Rutherford - releases his former wife "Elvira" back into his life where only he can see her; and she decides to cause the maximum amount of mayhem for her former husband and his new wife "Ruth". The nature of the story keeps the cast small, and the action is end-to-end with plenty to make you smile as well to appreciate the dynamics of wedded "bliss". It's a dream - though more of a nightmare for Rex!