Blithe Spirit [DVD] [1945] DVD

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United Kingdom released, PAL-Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black and White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Noel Coward-David Lean combination which turned out such dramas as Brief Encounter and This Happy Breed sets its sights on the viewers funny bone with Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison plays a novelist, newly married to straight-laced Constance Cummings. While researching a book on spiritualism, Harrison is teased and tormented by the mischievous ghost of his first wife, Kay Hammond. Believing that Hammond wants to ruin his marriage, Harrison enlists the services of local medium Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford in her funniest performance). When Arcati fails to exorcise Hammonds spirit, Harrison decides to kill himself so that he can be reunited with her and spare wife number two the aggravation of being haunted. But Harrisons plans go awry: His second wife is killed, and now he has two playful spirits on his hands! Technicolor is used throughout Blithe Spirit, with the ghosts shimmering paleness providing contrast to the plain, everyday colors of Harrisons conservative country home. Blithe Spirit was later transformed into the Broadway musical High Spirits, with the original script bent out of shape to turn the character of Madame Arcati (played by Beatrice Lillie) into the leading role. SCREENED-AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards, ...

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