Ghost and mrs muir film

The studios television production unit felt this old chestnut could be warmed up as a weekly sitcom. Muir is a 1947 film released by 20th century fox, adapted from a 1945 novel by r. Shortly after she arrives, she is indeed haunted by the. Eventually, they fall in love, but their romance is challenged when a fleshandblood suitor george sanders turns up. It all started when i was little, and my mother introduced me to the ghost and mrs. Film also touches different genres horror hes a ghost romance they love each other drama death, etc. Muir 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Muir is in some ways a female vincent price movie, an ellen allan poe picture. Her search leads her to purchase the former house of captain daniel gregg, who stills haunts its halls which lucy is fully aware of when she decides. Dicks novel, this film is a romantic fantasy about a widow who moves into a reportedly haunted cottage on the english seaside. Like its tvsitcom counterpart of the 1960s, the original film version of the ghost and mrs. Mankiewiczs 1947 romantic fantasy the ghost and mrs. This is what the exterior looked like on tv in the 1960s above. Muir was filmed either in 1942 or 1947 in a different location.

Apprentice work, comparatively speaking, not scripted by mankiewicz himself although he contributed, but. Dick the pseudonym of writer josephine leslie, directed by joseph l. Muir featured an unforgettably romantic seaside house called gull cottage. Muir is the superior film because its more restrained and the performances by tierney and harrison help to create a gentle tension that wont yield until the films epilogue. The ghost and mrs muir 1968 the ghost of christmas past 214 was released on. Produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 1 production management 1 second unit director or assistant director 1 sound department 2. Muir 1947 fantasy drama from 20th century fox directed by joseph l. Muir echoes virginia woolf with its embrace of death as a tender lifegiving force, its fascination with the ocean and its focus on a woman struggling to find her voice. Edwin muir lucy widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling inlaws home in london to the english seaside with her adolescent daughter anna and their long devoted maid martha. Clarification of answer by tehutiga on may 2003 07. Again i ask did the gull cottage from the movie really exist and where is it located. Before the first one told me, i had already seen it and. Muir featured an unforgettably romantic seaside house called gull cottage gene tierney starred as lucy muir, a young widow who rents the cottage, only to discover that the handsome sea captain who died there is still haunting it. The ghost and mrs muir not so desperate hours 207 by shane.

Mankiewicz starring gene tierney rex harrison george sanders edna best robert coote natalie wood vanessa brown i have known four women who recalled this film as one of their favorites. Gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders the flying nun 19671970. Cairn terrier fans who think theyve seen every movie with a cairn in it should be sure they havent overlooked the 1947 film, the ghost and mrs. A beautiful film from all standpoints, with brilliant performances by tierney and harrison, who play extremely well off each other with tender, humorous, and. This is the house that i fell in love with as a young girl and never got over. In 1900, strongwilled widow lucy muir goes to live in gull cottage by the british seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. The captain even helps her earn money by ghostwriting a book. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former. It is perhaps most notable for its score, composed by bernard herrmann lucy muir tierney, newly widowed, has had it with her domineering inlaws and decides to. After nbc cancelled the series, it aired on abc for one season before being cancelled a final time. Muir combines its poetic exploration of female authorship and imagination with a gently comic satire of rigid patriarchy. With this new lease of life comes a catch, an old sea dog named capt. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the ghost and mrs.

Overlooked as a milestone feminist the ghost and mrs. Muir in 1947 as a film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. The film provided a sweetly comic story about the impossible love between a young woman and the ghost of a salty sea captain. And the only contrived moment in the film is the ending, which, if you think about it, couldnt have been resolved any other way. In an unlikely turn of events, the two develop a friendship. Muir, gene tierney plays a widowed turnofthecentury londoner with no apparent prurient interests. Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944s the uninvited and 1945s dead of night. Muir, which was later adapted to television with a successful 196870 tv series. The movie is a wonderful tug of war between a strongwilled woman gene tierney and her fabulous overbite and a rugged, goodlooking, but salty sea captain rex harrison whose. But rex harrison steals the movie with his performance as the rascally sea captain ghost who is both confused by mrs.

In london at the turn of the century, young widow lucy muir tells her late. Homage to one of the best hollywood movies of the 1940s. Like a poe character, muir lives in isolation, indulges in delirious fantasies, has disastrous relationships with outsiders and obsesses over lost loves real and imagined. Set in england, the coastal location is stillwater cove regional park in sonoma county, northern california. Despite the warnings of realtor combe robert coote that the house might be haunted, the tenacious young widow. Where was the 1947 film the ghost and mrs muir filmed. Muir this is the story of a girl who falls in love with a ghost but not an ordinary spook.

Sentimental depictions were more popular in early cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film the ghost and mrs. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is. Muir and her young daughter in victorian england, find a new life in a small english seaside town, and gull cottage. Mankiewicz and starring rex harrison and gene tierney. Muir script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gene tierney and rex harrison movie. The classic 1947 academyaward nominee the ghost and mrs. Incredibly romantic film with a major gbf rating goosebump factor. Muir 19681970 comedy fantasy lovely young widow carolyn muir, her two young children, and the maid discover that the new england seaside house theyve moved into is haunted by the former owner an old salt named. As that girl, gene tierney gives, what undoubtedly is her best performance to date. Als lucy mit dem kinderbuchautor george sanders anbandelt, reagiert gregg eifersuchtig.

Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by r. Muir was haunting as a film in 1945 because it focused on the impossible love between the bitter, angry ghost of a sea captain and the widow who purchases his cottage. Romantic ghost stories are often more about the absence of sex than the presence of spirits. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by josephine leslie under the pseudonym of r. When recent widow lucy muir gene tierney rents a house by the ocean, she discovers that its haunted by a cantankerous sea captain rex harrison. Widowed lucy muir gene tierney falls for ghostly sea captain daniel gregg rex harrison in this romantic fantasy, which itself returned from the grave to haunt tv screens as a comedy series in the late sixties. Muir easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. Muir 1947 is a romanticfantasy film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. The interiors for the tv show were sets on a soundstage, so they looked very different and not as nice. Because similarly in the topper series the ghosts could be seen by the main character only. Finds the perfect place, the cottage that nobody stays for long in and even the estate agent does not wish to sell the place to her thinking she will be scared too. A surly sea captain rex harrison haunts the place, but once lucy and the ghost get to know each other, lucys initial fear subsides and the two settle into a comfortable friendship.

Muir series, the one thing that stood out for me was actor charles nelson reilly because i used to enjoy him on the match game series. Muir remains a pleasurable film, despite its failings, and it has some saucy dialogue to its credit, spoken mostly by captain gregg. With gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders, edna best. Gene tierney plays turnofthecentury widow lucy muir, who escapes her impossible inlaws by moving into an old house on the english seacoast. An old house by the sea, the turrets inspire some of the. The 210acre park, which includes a campground, is about 16 miles north of. Muir wasnt filmed anywhere near the coast of england its exteriors, shot in palos verdes and near big sur, are pure california you can almost smell the briny air in every scene, getting a ghostly whiff of turnofthecentury seaside britain. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and its still a charming and captivating film more than 60. Lucy muir gene tierney is a strong willed widow who lives in.