The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Escritores:

Philip Dunne (screenplay)
R.A. Dick (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 junio 1947 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Romance

Frase comercial:

Is Lucy Muir's love really a ghost, or is it a man of flesh and blood she yearns for?

Plot:

In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted...and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Cottage | Seaside | Widow | 1900s

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Charming fantasy set in a seaside cottage...

Reparto

Gene Tierney	...	Lucy Muir
Rex Harrison	...	Capt. Daniel Gregg
George Sanders	...	Miles Fairley
Edna Best	...	Martha Huggins
Vanessa Brown	...	Anna Muir as an Adult
Anna Lee	...	Mrs. Miles Fairley
Robert Coote	...	Mr. Coombe
Natalie Wood	...	Anna Muir as a Child
Isobel Elsom	...	Angelica, Mother-in-law
Victoria Horne	...	Eva, Sister-in-law

También conocida como:

El fantasma y la Sra. Muir (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

104 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:Approved (certificate #11840) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

R.A. Dick was the pseudonym of Josephine Leslie, who wrote the 1945 novel "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir".

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: At the beach, a man carves Anna Muir's name into a post buried in the shore and much is made of the fact that every ship passing by will see it forever. But the side of the post he carves her name in faces inland, meaning no one on a passing ship will ever see it. The name wasn't carved into both sides, either - Anna's mother Mrs. Muir has to walk around to inland side to see it.

Citas:

Lucy Muir: I'm expecting Mr. Fairley. We're having a picnic.
Martha Huggins: [dismissively] You mean he is.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Cheers: The Ghost and Mrs. LeBec (#8.23)" (1990)

Charming fantasy set in a seaside cottage...

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. How their relationship grows and changes is the basis for the rest of the fantasy.

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. 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. George Sanders has an amusing role as a man who almost convinces the widow that he's not a married man. Touches of humor abound in early scenes of Tierney with her relatives who are opposed to her independent decision to find her own lodgings.

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. Mankiewicz from a screenplay by Philip Dunne. A delightful movie that will remain fresh and young forever.