Watch: Blithe Spirit 1945 123movies, Full Movie Online – To get background for a new book, author Charles Condomine (Sir Rex Harrison) and his second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) light-heartedly arrange for local mystic Madame Arcati (Dame Margaret Rutherford) to give a séance. The unfortunate result is that Charles’ first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) returns from beyond the grave to make his life something of a misery. Ruth too gets increasingly irritated with her supernatural rival, but Madame Arcati is at her wit’s end as to how to sort things out..
Plot: An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he’s working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man’s present marriage.
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“Being John Malkovich”, eat your heart out!
I saw this movie after I read a recommendation in the TV guide and had never heard of it, but when I heard it was directed by David Lean, I was there. Wasn’t I pleasantly surprised at what I saw! A genuine work of imagination; charming, witty, and slyly dark in tone(although it was filmed in technicolour). I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am comparing it to the recent “Being John Malkovich” because the way both films are employed is in a similar way. I wouldn’t dream of revealing plot details here, but if you’ve seen “Malkovich” and liked it, I recommend this one.It is interesting that David Lean (the “master of the epic”) made a film like this in his prime. It just goes to show that his films aren’t long, boring melodramas. They can be imaginative, funny and entertaining. I enjoyed “Lawrence of Arabia”, but “Blithe Spirit” really surprised me!
10/10(!)
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Fantasy
Director David Lean
Writer David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Actors Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond
Country United Kingdom
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK (color)
Film Length 2,624 m (UK)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm