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Blithe Spirit

Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!

1945 · 1h 36m · Approved Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by David Lean

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Overview

While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.

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78%
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Fresh

Inasmuch as this is largely a photographed copy of the stage play [by Noel Coward], the camerawork is outstandingly good and helps to put across the credibility of the ghost story more effectively than the flesh and blood performance does.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

Passably good, but it should have been better, what with Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, and Margaret Rutherford reading the Noel Coward lines.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Nifty special effects for the time, and plenty of Coward's inimitable wit and repartee.

Time Out

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