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Noel Coward's Blithe spirit

the Samuel Goldwyn Company; a Two Cities film; a Noel Coward-Cineguild production; Rank Organisation; General Film Distributors Limited; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan; directed by David Lean; produced by Noel Coward
Resource Type:
VHS Video
Creation:
1945
Publication:
[Los Angeles, CA] : Hallmark Home Entertainment, [1997]
Related Series:
David Lean collection
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Summary:
A hilarious haunting begins when novelist Charles Condomine invites an eccentric medium to dinner to probe her knowledge of the supernatural. But the wacky spiritualist unwittingly brings his first wife back to life.
Contributors:
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 , producer
Lean, David, 1908-1991 , screenwriter, director
Neame, Ronald , screenwriter
Havelock-Allan, Anthony , screenwriter
Harrison, Rex , actor
Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005 , actor
Hammond, Kay, 1909-1980 , actor
Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972 , actor
Samuel Goldwyn Co.
Two Cities Films
Cineguild (Firm)
General Film Distributors
Rank Organisation
Hallmark Home Entertainment (Firm)
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
In English.
Main Work:
Blithe spirit (Motion picture)
Related Works:
Motion picture adaptation of: Blithe spirit [by Coward, N.]
Related Series:
David Lean collection
Subjects:
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 — Film adaptations
Mediums — Drama
Remarried people — Drama
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
Mediums
Remarried people
Genres:
Comedy films
Ghost films
Fiction films
Feature films
Feature films — Great Britain
Film adaptations
Drama
System Details:
VHS, NTSC; mono.
Performers:
Cast: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jaqueline Clarke.
Production Credits:
Photography, Ronald Neame; editor, Jack Harris; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan; music composer, Richard Addinsell; London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson, conductor.
General Notes:
Adapted from the stage play by Noel Coward.
Videocassette release of the 1945 motion picture.
Academy Awards, 1947: Best effects, special effects.
Gift: Bequest of John Peters, November 2013.
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (96 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Physical Characteristics:
polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
analog; magnetic; mono
Video Characteristics:
VHS; NTSC
Call Numbers:
MV 14813
ISBNs:
1574924931
9781574924930
Other Standard Numbers:
Publisher Number, Hallmark Home Entertainment: 15193
OCLC Numbers:
37311884