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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). Cast Rex Harrison Charles Condomine Kay Hammond Elvira Condomine Constance Cummings Ruth Condomine Margaret Rutherford Madame Arcati Hugh Wakefield Dr. George Bradman Joyce Carey Violet Bradman Jacqueline Clarke Edith Noel Coward Narrator Marie Ault Cook Johnnie Schofield Man Directing Traffic