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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.