Blithe spirit

DVD 2012

A sprightly supernatural comedy with winning performances, David Lean's delightful film version of Noel Coward's theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a 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.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 Film adaptations

Ghost plays

Man-woman relationships Drama

Seances Drama

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama

More in this Genre:

Comedy films Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Ghost films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 606 David Lean directs Noël Coward

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Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Notes:

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
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945
Based on a play by Noël Coward
New high-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive's 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings
DVD, (1.37:1) aspect ratio, Dolby Digital mono

Control Number:

864587

Other Authors:

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005
Hammond, Kay, 1909-1980
Harrison, Rex
Lean, David, 1908-1991
Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972

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