Muir easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. Muir 1947 is a romanticfantasy film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. There is no other way to describe the ghost and mrs. Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by r. Muir in both 1969 and 1970 in the category, outstanding continued performance by an actress in a leading role in a comedy series.
Gregg at first resists this intrusion, but he develops a ghostly love for his uninvited guest. Lucy muir gene tierney is a widow who buys a seaside property, not least so she can get away. As that girl, gene tierney gives, what undoubtedly is her best performance to date. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and its still a charming and captivating film more than 60. Charles lang received a 1947 academy award nomination for his black and white cinematography on the movie. Muir is the most charming and delightful ghost movie ive ever seen. After nbc cancelled the series, it aired on abc for one season before being cancelled a final time. Muir featured an unforgettably romantic seaside house called gull cottage gene tierney starred as lucy muir, a young widow who rents the cottage, only to discover that the handsome sea captain who died there is still haunting it. Can you correctly answer a few trivia questions about it. Of course, the movie was made decades ago but it never occurred to me that it was a book first. It is based on a 1945 novel written by josephine leslie under the pseudonym of r. Muir 1968, a sitcom starring hope lange and edward mulhare in the roles originally played by gene tierney and sir rex harrison.
Muir episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Incredibly romantic film with a major gbf rating goosebump factor. Based on the 1947 movie starring gene tierney and rex harrison, the tv series the ghost and mrs. Muir is a perfect example of cassinis flair for finely detailing costumes.
The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the ghost and mrs. Dick the pseudonym of writer josephine leslie, directed by joseph l. Gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders, edna best, vanessa brown, anna lee, robert coote, natalie wood, isobel elsom. It ran for two seasons, one on nbc and one on abc, and emphasized broad humor rather than the romantic elements of this movie. Muir quiz tests your knowledge about the famous movie the ghost and mrs. The title is presumably a humorous variation of the film the ghost and mrs. Muir i only remember the classic 1947 movie, but based on the number of you who have mentioned it to me, i might be the only one who never saw that show although it was set in maine and had an ocean view, the real house is located in santa barbara, california, nowhere near the water. In 1900, lucy muir gene tierney, widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling inlaws house in london to the english seaside with her adolescent daughter anna natalie wood and their long devoted maid martha edna best. Lovely young widow carolyn muir, her two young children, and the maid discover that the new england seaside house theyve moved into is haunted by the former owner an old salt named captain daniel gregg. Muir 1947 was a movie drama about a young widow who rents a cottage only to find it haunted by the ghost of a sea captain. Muir is a gentle and warm romantic fable about a woman and the ghost she grows to love. So seeing it on this video i was surprised in many ways.
But rex harrison steals the movie with his performance as the rascally sea captain ghost who is both confused by mrs. Mistakes, goofs, trivia, quotes, pictures and more for the ghost and mrs. With hope lange, edward mulhare, reta shaw, harlen carraher. All the trivia you can handle about the ghost and mrs. Muir above introduced the series regular and recurring stars.
Some of you may be familiar with the ghost and mrs. Muir this is the story of a girl who falls in love with a ghost but not an ordinary spook. Muir gene tierney rex harrison george sanders 1947 a london widow gene tierney falls in love with a sea captains ghost rex harrison haunting her cottage by the sea. And just in time as its raining here in the bay area for what will probably be the last time before summer, and im cozying up on the couch. Muir 1947 is a romanticfantasy film starring gene tierney and rex. This is the house that i fell in love with as a young girl and never got over. The moody music, the blustery cliffside scenes, the soothing classic blackandwhite. Muir comedy television series premiered in september 1968 on nbc.
An old house by the sea, the turrets inspire some of the. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. In 1945, 20th century fox bought the film rights to the novel. Muir is the beloved 1947 fantasy drama from famed director joseph l. In 1945, 20th century fox bought the film rights to the novel, which had been published only in the united kingdom at that time. Muir is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1947 onder regie van joseph l. Muir 1947, the portrait of captain daniel gregg rex harrison plays a prominent part in the movie. Quiz yourself about the characters, cast, producer and the writer of the movie the ghost and mrs. Muir 1947 is a romantic fantasy film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. It all started when i was little, and my mother introduced me to the ghost and mrs. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by josephine leslie under the pseudonym of r. The ghost and mrs muir balconygreen eyes by theanglophile.
Muir is a 1947 film released by 20th century fox, adapted from a 1945 novel by r. The classic 1947 academyaward nominee the ghost and mrs. Muirone of my favorite movies with gene tierney and rex harrison. Muir is one of those films that haunts me for reasons other than plot. Hollywood at home host, victoria lucas, shares film trivia on the 1947 romantic classic, the ghost and mrs. Lucy muir, a widow of one year, decides to start life anew, with daughter and faithful housekeeper, in a cottage by the sea, despite the warnings by the real estate salesman that the house is haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a seaman, capt. Chicken is a 1966 american comedydrama film starring don knotts as luther heggs, a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which is located in the fictitious community of rachel, kansas. You may also be aware that it is based off a novel. Mankiewicz, with gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders. The ghost of christmas past season 2, episode 14 this christmas fantasy finds the captain edward mulhare alive and welland in love with mrs. It is a very good movie, even if it does contain rex harrison. Mankiewicz and starring rex harrison and gene tierney. George sanders was a very good actor and his scenes are delightful. It is perhaps most notable for its score, composed by bernard herrmann.
Years went by and i saw it again late one night as an adult. Muir, gene tierney plays a widowed turnofthecentury londoner with no apparent prurient interests. Gene tierney cited in the title visiting from the coast, noticed by fairley george sanders, who wangles her an appointment with sproule whitford kane, so she can pitch the book written by deceased captain gregg rex harrison, who assists, in the ghost and mrs. The positive is gene tierneys controlled performance. In the film tierney is adorned in elegant, stylish, casual and period wear, and accessorizes them to appear historically authentic. Despite the rental agent trying to dissuade her, lucy decides to rent gull cottage. I first saw the ghost and mrs muir in black and white when i was a teenager and fell in love with the ghostly charm of captain gregg, the sweet mrs. Muir was adapted as an hourlong radio play on lux radio theater starring charles boyer and madeleine carroll. Dick and a 1947 film which were also both titled, the ghost and mrs. To show time has passed, the wooden fence on the beach deteriorates, but the top of the fence, with anna muir carved in it, was never anywhere near the water it was way up inland, far away from the waters edge but. Homage to one of the best hollywood movies of the 1940s. When lucy muir gene tierney first arrives at gull cottage as a prospective buyer she opens the door to the living room and finds two. One of a several movies produced by twentieth century. Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former owner captain gregg.
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