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Noel Coward's Blithe spirit
- Title
- Noel Coward's Blithe spirit / the Samuel Goldwyn Company ; a Two Cities film ; a Noel Coward-Cineguild production ; Rank Organisation ; General Film Distributors Limited ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noel Coward.
- Publication
- [Los Angeles, CA] : Hallmark Home Entertainment, [1997]
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- Additional Authors
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
- Lean, David, 1908-1991
- Neame, Ronald
- Havelock-Allan, Anthony
- Harrison, Rex
- Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005
- Hammond, Kay, 1909-1980
- Carey, Joyce, 1898-1993
- Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
- Samuel Goldwyn Co.
- Two Cities Films
- Cineguild (Firm)
- General Film Distributors
- Rank Organisation
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Description
- 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A hilarious haunting begins when novelist Charles Condomine invites an eccentric medium to dinner to probe her knowledge of the supernatural. But the wacky spiritualist unwittingly brings his first wife back to life.
- Series Statement
- The David Lean collection
- Uniform Title
- Blithe spirit (Motion picture)
- David Lean collection.
- Alternative Title
- Blithe spirit
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Comedy films.
- Ghost stories.
- Ghost films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Note
- Adapted from the stage play by Noel Coward.
- Videocassette release of the 1945 motion picture.
- Credits (note)
- Photography, Ronald Neame ; editor, Jack Harris ; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; music composer, Richard Addinsell ; London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson, conductor.
- Performer (note)
- Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jaqueline Clarke.
- System Details (note)
- VHS, NTSC; mono.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Awards (note)
- Academy Awards, 1947: Best effects, special effects.
- Call Number
- NCOX 1281
- ISBN
- 1574924931
- 9781574924930
- OCLC
- 37311884
- Title
- Noel Coward's Blithe spirit / the Samuel Goldwyn Company ; a Two Cities film ; a Noel Coward-Cineguild production ; Rank Organisation ; General Film Distributors Limited ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noel Coward.
- Imprint
- [Los Angeles, CA] : Hallmark Home Entertainment, [1997]
- Country of Producing Entity
- Great Britain naf
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Series
- The David Lean collectionDavid Lean collection.
- System Details
- VHS, NTSC; mono.
- Cast
- Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jaqueline Clarke.
- Performer
- Narrator: Noel Coward.
- Credits
- Photography, Ronald Neame ; editor, Jack Harris ; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan ; music composer, Richard Addinsell ; London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson, conductor.
- Awards
- Academy Awards, 1947: Best effects, special effects.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, film producer.Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, narrator.Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director.Lean, David, 1908-1991, screenwriter.Neame, Ronald, screenwriter.Neame, Ronald, director of photography.Havelock-Allan, Anthony, screenwriter.Harrison, Rex, actor.Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005, actor.Hammond, Kay, 1909-1980, actor.Carey, Joyce, 1898-1993, actor.Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972, actor.Motion picture adaptation of (work): Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. Blithe spirit.Samuel Goldwyn Co.Two Cities Films.Cineguild (Firm)General Film Distributors.Rank Organisation.Hallmark Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publisher No.
- 15193 Hallmark Home Entertainment
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 1281