Blithe spirit [blu-ray] / a Two Cities film ; a Noel Coward-Cineguild production ; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noel Coward.
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jacqueline Clarke. Based on a play by Noël Coward. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. New high-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive's 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Special features: new interview about the film with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day ; episode of the British television series The Southbank show from 1992 on the life and career of Coward ; trailer.
Summary:
A sprightly supernatural comedy, David Lean's film version of Noel Coward's theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a cynical, self-absorbed novelist who cheekily invites a medium to his house, accidentally summoning the spirit of his dead first wife--a severe inconvenience for his current one.
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 606 The Criterion collectoin ; 603 David Lean directs Noël Coward
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