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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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Moving imageRestricted use NCOX 1281Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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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 collection
David 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.
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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
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