Returns Policy
If you are unhappy with your purchase, you can return it to us within 14 days. More details
Film Description
In this Noel Coward comedy, cynical writer Rex Harrison asks a medium (Margaret Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he can collect material for his latest book. No one is more surprised than the medium when she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of Harrison's first wife (Kay Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away, preferring to taunt her less sophisticated replacement (Constance Cummings).
Blithe Spirit lays happily inbetween the Technicolour epics of Lean and his black and white cinematic triumphs.An adaptation from the Noel Coward play, Blithe Spirit t... more >
Blithe Spirit lays happily inbetween the Technicolour epics of Lean and his black and white cinematic triumphs.An adaptation from the Noel Coward play, Blithe Spirit tells the story of horror writer Charles and his sensible wife Ruthie who use a medium, Maragaret Rutherford, to conduct a sceance in the hope of Charles gaining material for his new book. The plan fails when Charles really encounters the ghost of his ex wife, Elvira, played by Kay Hammond, who seems intent on destroying Charles' life and bringing him back to her side. Charles is the only one who can see or hear Elvira, and this leads to some amusing three way conversations with his increasingly angered wife Ruthie. Eventually when Charles is able to convince Ruthie of Elveira's existence, Elvira wants to go home. Meetings with the batty psychic Madam Arcarti go terribly wrong and Elvira decides to murder Charles by tampering with the brakes of his car, Ruthie is killed instead when she drives and the two ghosts begin to argue. Charles is happy to have gotten rid of both of his wives and embarks on a holiday abroad, but his wives have tampered with his breaks and after a car crash, he is forced to join them. The performances which stand out in this film are Margaret Rutherford and Kay Hammond. Hammond's dreamy Elvira is the character which the audience begin to like and her sensual performance is amusing to watch. Lean and Coward were never happy with the adaptation, but this does not translate to the screen of this charming British picture. < less
