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1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

PRODUCTION

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

INTRIGUE

A widow moves into a haunted house and falls in love with the ghost of a sea captain.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

A masterpiece of romantic fantasy. Le Figaro praised in 1948 “a supernatural story that seems real thanks to Gene Tierney’s charm”.

THE ROLE OF GENE

Lucy Muir, romantic heroine, free and emancipated. Gene said it was one of his favorite roles, because it combined melancholy and freedom.