Enchantment
JUST ABOUT THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE STORY EVER FILMED!
1948 | 100m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Irving Reis |
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| Writer: | Rumer Godden, John Patrick |
| Staring: |
| Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 1948 |
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| Director: | Irving Reis |
| Writer: | Rumer Godden, John Patrick |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | house, love, nephew |
| Production Companies | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Niven | Roland Dane |
| Teresa Wright | Lark Ingoldsby |
| Evelyn Keyes | Grizel Dane |
| Farley Granger | Pax Masterson |
| Jayne Meadows | Selina Dane |
| Leo G. Carroll | Proutie |
| Philip Friend | Pelham Dane |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Marchese Del Laudi |
| Henry Stephenson | General Fitzgerald |
| Colin Keith-Johnston | The Eye |
| Gigi Perreau | Lark as a Child |
| Peter Miles | Rollo as a Child |
| Sherlee Collier | Selina as a Child |
| Warwick Gregson | Pelham as a Child |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Mrs. Sampson |
| Edmund Breon | Uncle Bunny |
| Gerald Oliver Smith | Willoughby |
| Melville Cooper | Jeweler |
| Dennis McCarthy | Lance Corporal |
| Steve Pendleton | RAF Officer |
| Matthew Boulton | Air Raid Warden |
| Robin Hughes | Corporal |
| William Johnstone | Narrator (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irving Reis | Director |
| Gregg Toland | Director of Photography |
| Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Rumer Godden | Novel |
| George Jenkins | Art Direction |
| Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Robert Stephanoff | Makeup Artist |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| John Patrick | Screenplay |
| Marie Clark | Hairstylist |
| Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |
| Emil Newman | Music Director |
| Billy Daniel | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
David Niven is old soldier "General Rollo Dane" who returns to his family home after a long absence. Once there he is visited by his niece who wants a WWII wartime billet. Grumpily, he accedes and shortly thereafter they are visited by Farley Granger ("Pax") who turn out to be the nephew of Niven's ... childhood sweetheart "Larke" (Teresa Wright). Through a series of reminiscences we learn of the blossoming of their young love - despite the machinations of his older sister "Selina" (Jayne Meadows) and of how it all fell apart. Meantime we see the burgeoning romance between the latter day youngsters as they, too, fall in love. Niven features sparingly, and when he does he doesn't quite sparkle. The film sort of plods along with a certain inevitability that seemed completely unnecessary had only the hero actually "grown a pair". It looks good, but I'm not sure I'd bother to watch it again.