Harrison became the first word in irascibility when he portrayed Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. The late owner is irascible sea captain Rex Harrison.
But even despite the fact that it's former owner is haunting the place, she insists on taking it. She insists on seeing a lovely cottage as she's motoring with rental agent Robert Coote. The recent widow Muir played by Gene Tierney has decided to rent a cottage by the sea in Edwardian Great Britain, party for solitude and grieving and partly to get away from her interfering in-laws played by Victoria Horne and Isobel Elsom. Muir have as the lead characters, the ghost of a dead sea captain and a widow named Muir. All that you can say is that this The Ghost And Mrs.
#Fallen leaves ghost on the shore movie#
A delightful movie that will remain fresh and young forever.Īnyone who remembers the television series based on this film that starred Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, and Charles Nelson Reilly from the late sixties will not get that at all in this film. Mankiewicz from a screenplay by Philip Dunne.
#Fallen leaves ghost on the shore tv#
Later remade as a TV series in the '60s which never captured the charm of the original story filmed with such tender care by director Joseph L. Touches of humor abound in early scenes of Tierney with her relatives who are opposed to her independent decision to find her own lodgings. George Sanders has an amusing role as a man who almost convinces the widow that he's not a married man. The mood of the period fantasy is enhanced by Bernard Herrmann's exquisitely sensitive score, capturing the atmosphere of the seaside cottage at the edge of a cliff. Tierney has her best role since 'Laura' as the lovely widow, engaging in many witty dialogs with Harrison's ghost with their relationship ultimately leading to a wistful ending.
How their relationship grows and changes is the basis for the rest of the fantasy. Gene Tierney is an impoverished widow who manages to find a suitable seaside cottage for herself, her maid and her daughter (Natalie Wood), only to discover that its former occupant is a strong-willed, salty sea captain (Rex Harrison) who is opposed to anyone else living at Gull Cottage.
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