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#87 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947
A widow moves into a supposedly haunted house and ends up befriending the ghost of a sea captain.
An interesting little slice of paranormal romance. Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney provide decent performances as the titular characters, convincingly selling their slowly developing relationship that starts off with surprisingly candid banter (Mrs. Muir is strangely calm about meeting a ghost, after all). It has a bit of trouble padding out its premise - there's an almost inevitable love triangle involving George Sanders as a charming artist, plus a sub-plot involving the transcription of the captain's memoirs. Some of the third-act complications seem understandable yet disappointing, while the ending is probably a bit too predictable by modern standards (but it still works). Though it's not an amazing film, it's definitely weathered the test of time and several decades worth of imitators with considerable ease.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947
A widow moves into a supposedly haunted house and ends up befriending the ghost of a sea captain.
An interesting little slice of paranormal romance. Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney provide decent performances as the titular characters, convincingly selling their slowly developing relationship that starts off with surprisingly candid banter (Mrs. Muir is strangely calm about meeting a ghost, after all). It has a bit of trouble padding out its premise - there's an almost inevitable love triangle involving George Sanders as a charming artist, plus a sub-plot involving the transcription of the captain's memoirs. Some of the third-act complications seem understandable yet disappointing, while the ending is probably a bit too predictable by modern standards (but it still works). Though it's not an amazing film, it's definitely weathered the test of time and several decades worth of imitators with considerable ease.