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THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR
1947
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring
Gene Tierney
Rex Harrison
George Sanders
Runtime
104 minutes
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“Of all the arts, cinema is the most oneiric, they say. But in THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, oneirism is the element.” - Rita Azevedo
Mankiewicz's enchanting first masterpiece tells the tale of a young widow who boldly defies social conventions by abandoning turn-of-the-century London to live in a remote coastal cottage haunted by a dashing and embittered ghost. A rich evocation of mourning and melancholia, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR echoes Virginia Woolf with its embrace of death as a tender life-giving force, its fascination with the ocean and its focus on a woman struggling to find her voice. Overlooked as a milestone feminist film, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR combines its poetic exploration of female authorship and imagination with a gently comic satire of rigid patriarchy. The film's romantic strains resonate in Bernard Herrmann's lovely score and Rex Harrison's poignant and understated performance as the phantom sea captain.
Mankiewicz's enchanting first masterpiece tells the tale of a young widow who boldly defies social conventions by abandoning turn-of-the-century London to live in a remote coastal cottage haunted by a dashing and embittered ghost. A rich evocation of mourning and melancholia, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR echoes Virginia Woolf with its embrace of death as a tender life-giving force, its fascination with the ocean and its focus on a woman struggling to find her voice. Overlooked as a milestone feminist film, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR combines its poetic exploration of female authorship and imagination with a gently comic satire of rigid patriarchy. The film's romantic strains resonate in Bernard Herrmann's lovely score and Rex Harrison's poignant and understated performance as the phantom sea captain.