Blithe Spirit 1945 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: David Lean Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jacqueline Clarke, Noel Coward, Marie Ault, Johnnie Schofield
Based on Noel Coward's play, this is a well-performed comedy about a first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) being summoned back to this world during a seance. British novelist Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison) has invited a medium, Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford), to his home for dinner, and she manages to conjure up the ghost of Elvira. Now Elvira sticks around to create chaos in the lives of Charles and his new wife Ruth (Constance Cummings).
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The Trespasser 1929 N/R, 91 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding Cast: Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, William(2) Holden, Kay Hammond, Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Friderici, Mary Forbes, Brooks Benedict, Henry Armetta
This is Gloria Swanson's first talkie film. She plays a young wife whose husband (Robert Ames) annuls their marriage when he succumbs to family pressure over his marital choice.
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| 1. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
2. Blithe Spirit (1945)
3. The Trespasser (1929)
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