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- BFI identifier23462
- Date1945-05-14 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy. Following a seance held by a writer at his country house as part of the research for his new novel, the ghost of his late first wife materialises, who soon begins to cause trouble for him and his new wife. (Synopsis)
- Work historyOnscreen title 'Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit'. The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits: 'When we are young We read and believe The most Fantastic Things When we grow older and wiser We learn, with perhaps a little regret That these things can never be.' [This is followed by Noël Coward on the soundtrack saying 'We are quite, quite wrong']
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- Credits
- CastNoël Coward ([Opening Narration]) [uncredited]
Rex Harrison (Charles Condomine)
Constance Cummings (Ruth Condomine)
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Title
Blithe Spirit (Original)
Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7B11-8871-951F-F25D-0859-8Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
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35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Play by Noel Coward - SCR-4459
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-23462
Ephemera: publicity - The large pressbook for the film, Blithe Spirit. Content includes reviews, advertisements, promotional ideas and materials, and informational articles and interviews. Stamped ‘N.T. Alex Collection’. Additional advertising book included. 16 pages, numbered. - PBL-23462
Large and small pressbooks held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - USA one sheet poster released through United Artists - PD-1411
Poster: film - Single Sheet, small landscape handbill - PD-16638
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-me4
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-ul3
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-we0
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-wdz
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00m-wcy
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Work - 23462 - 1945-05-14 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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