Ghost and mrs muir film

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. Romantic ghost stories are often more about the absence of sex than the presence of spirits. 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. The 210acre park, which includes a campground, is about 16 miles north of. It all started when i was little, and my mother introduced me to the ghost and mrs. 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. A beautiful film from all standpoints, with brilliant performances by tierney and harrison, who play extremely well off each other with tender, humorous, and. 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. Muir is in some ways a female vincent price movie, an ellen allan poe picture. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. 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. Muir combines its poetic exploration of female authorship and imagination with a gently comic satire of rigid patriarchy.

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. Muir, which was later adapted to television with a successful 196870 tv series. 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. With this new lease of life comes a catch, an old sea dog named capt.

Clarification of answer by tehutiga on may 2003 07. 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. 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. 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 1968 the ghost of christmas past 214 was released on. As that girl, gene tierney gives, what undoubtedly is her best performance to date. Where was the 1947 film the ghost and mrs muir filmed. In london at the turn of the century, young widow lucy muir tells her late. Again i ask did the gull cottage from the movie really exist and where is it located. Muir easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. Overlooked as a milestone feminist the ghost and mrs. Muir script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gene tierney and rex harrison movie. Before the first one told me, i had already seen it and.

But rex harrison steals the movie with his performance as the rascally sea captain ghost who is both confused by mrs. After nbc cancelled the series, it aired on abc for one season before being cancelled a final time. An old house by the sea, the turrets inspire some of the. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by josephine leslie under the pseudonym of r. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the ghost and mrs. 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. This film suited them both, rex as the ghost trying to scare the living daylights out of mrs muir a widow, whose trying her hardess to get away from her overbearing husbands family. Muir in 1947 as a film starring gene tierney and 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. This is the house that i fell in love with as a young girl and never got over. Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former. Eventually, they fall in love, but their romance is challenged when a fleshandblood suitor george sanders turns up. Sentimental depictions were more popular in early cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film the ghost and mrs. Muir and her young daughter in victorian england, find a new life in a small english seaside town, and gull cottage. Like its tvsitcom counterpart of the 1960s, the original film version of the ghost and mrs.

Apprentice work, comparatively speaking, not scripted by mankiewicz himself although he contributed, but. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and its still a charming and captivating film more than 60. And the only contrived moment in the film is the ending, which, if you think about it, couldnt have been resolved any other way. Muir 1947 is a romanticfantasy film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. Muir is a 1947 film released by 20th century fox, adapted from a 1945 novel by r. The studios television production unit felt this old chestnut could be warmed up as a weekly sitcom. Dicks novel, this film is a romantic fantasy about a widow who moves into a reportedly haunted cottage on the english seaside.

Despite the warnings of realtor combe robert coote that the house might be haunted, the tenacious young widow. Joseph mankiewiczs moody 1947 classic i the ghost and mrs muir i is less a ghost story than a romantic fantasy, a handsome drama of impossible love. Muir, gene tierney plays a widowed turnofthecentury londoner with no apparent prurient interests. 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. Gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders the flying nun 19671970. Muir was filmed either in 1942 or 1947 in a different location. With gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders, edna best.

The ghost and mrs muir not so desperate hours 207 by shane. Lucy muir, a young widow and mother of two, in search of a life that is truly her own, away from the influence of her inlaws and others. Film also touches different genres horror hes a ghost romance they love each other drama death, etc. 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. Dick the pseudonym of writer josephine leslie, directed by joseph l. Als lucy mit dem kinderbuchautor george sanders anbandelt, reagiert gregg eifersuchtig. Based on the 1947 movie starring gene tierney and rex harrison, the tv series the ghost and mrs.

Mankiewiczs 1947 romantic fantasy the ghost and mrs. Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by r. 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. Muir this is the story of a girl who falls in love with a ghost but not an ordinary spook. Homage to one of the best hollywood movies of the 1940s.

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. In an unlikely turn of events, the two develop a friendship. Gene tierney plays turnofthecentury widow lucy muir, who escapes her impossible inlaws by moving into an old house on the english seacoast. The film provided a sweetly comic story about the impossible love between a young woman and the ghost of a salty sea captain. Muir 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is what the exterior looked like on tv in the 1960s above. Set in england, the coastal location is stillwater cove regional park in sonoma county, northern california. 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.

Mankiewicz and starring rex harrison and gene tierney. Muir remains a pleasurable film, despite its failings, and it has some saucy dialogue to its credit, spoken mostly by captain gregg. 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. Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944s the uninvited and 1945s dead of night. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is. The classic 1947 academyaward nominee the ghost and mrs. 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.

Lucy muir gene tierney is a strong willed widow who lives in. In 1900, strongwilled widow lucy muir goes to live in gull cottage by the british seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. Muir featured an unforgettably romantic seaside house called gull cottage. Shortly after she arrives, she is indeed haunted by the. Muir 1947 fantasy drama from 20th century fox directed by joseph l. 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.