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A Very English Haunting: ‘Blithe Spirit’ (1945)

July 21, 2018 By retromoviebuff 3 Comments

This post is part of the David Lean blogathon, hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films. See the other posts here. When the ouija board made its commercial debut in the 1890s it was marketed as a parlour game. Charles Condomine takes a similarly playful approach to the supernatural in Blithe Spirit and unleashes havoc. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Blogathon, British Films, Comedy, Constance Cummings, Criterion Collection, David Lean, Fantasy, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Noel Coward, Rex Harrison

Blogathons Ahoy!

June 11, 2018 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

July is blogathon month on Retro Movie Buff. I enjoyed writing for Moon in Gemini’s Outer Space on Film blogathon so much, I’ve signed up to write for a few more. They are: the Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock blogathon, hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films; the Winter in July blogathon, hosted by Moon in […]

Filed Under: Notices Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Blogathon, David Lean, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

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