The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Jules Dassin

Escritores:

Oscar Wilde (story)
Edwin Blum (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

julio 1944 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Fantasía

Plot:

In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle....

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Blood | Soldier | Ghost | Family Honor

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Amusing, Family-Friendly, And Lots of Charm

Reparto

Charles Laughton	...	Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
Robert Young	...	Cuffy Williams
Margaret O'Brien	...	Lady Jessica de Canterville
William Gargan	...	Sergeant Benson
Reginald Owen	...	Lord Canterville
Rags Ragland	...	Big Harry (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Una O'Connor	...	Mrs. Umney
Donald Stuart	...	Sir Valentine Williams
Elisabeth Risdon	...	Mrs. Polverdine
Frank Faylen	...	Lieutenant Kane
Lumsden Hare	...	Mr. Potts
Mike Mazurki	...	Metropolus
William Moss	...	Hector
Bobby Readick	...	Eddie
Marc Cramer	...	Bugsy McDougle

Duración:

95 min (copyright length)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #9781) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Busch Gardens - S. Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): David Thursby (Carpenter), Larry Wheat (Doctor) and Billy Bletcher (Window Washer). A contemporary news item listed Ethel Griffies as a cast member, but she was not seen in the movie either.

Citas:

Sir Simon de Canterville: Excuse me, I really must gibber at the oriole window.

Conexiones de Película:

Version of The Canterville Ghost (1996) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Gertie from Bizerte

Amusing, Family-Friendly, And Lots of Charm

Very, very loosely based on a short story by Oscar Wilde--so loosely that he is probably turning in his grave--THE CANTERVILLE GHOST is a charming bit of 1940s Hollywood fluff about an English ghost who runs afoul of American pragmatism. In the film version, the Americans arrive in the form of WWII soldiers, including Robert Young, who are billeted at a notoriously haunted castle where they encounter a legendary spectre much given to theatrical materializations.

Although the story is very, very slight, the cast makes it enjoyable. Child star Margaret O'Brien gives a typically enjoyable performance as the unwilling heiress to the castle, and Robert Young and his fellow actors mug their way through the script with entertaining aplomb. The greatest pleasure, however, is Charles Laughton as the ghost, which he plays most delightfully. The emphasis is on comedy rather than ghostly thrills, and although the comedy is quite mild it is expertly done. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST will never make any one's short list of "great cinematic art," but both grown-ups and kids alike will have a good time with it; recommended for an old fashioned family night.

Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer