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A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price. Soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold...

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Uniform Title:Uninvited (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), Paramount Pictures, Inc
Other Authors: Smith, Dodie, 1896-1990 (Screenwriter), Partos, Frank, 1901-1956 (Screenwriter), Milland, Ray (Actor), Hussey, Ruth, 1911-2005 (Actor), Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974 (Actor), Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979 (Actor), Stickney, Dorothy (Actor), Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968 (Actor), Napier, Alan, 1903-1988 (Actor), Russell, Gail, 1924-1961 (Actor), Lang, Charles B. (director of photography.), Young, Victor, 1889-1968 (composer (expression)), Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968 (Film editor), Head, Edith (Costume designer), Seymour, Steve (set decorator.), Macardle, Dorothy, 1889-1958, Almereyda, Michael (Commentator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 677.
Subjects:
Brothers and sisters > Drama.
Family secrets > Drama.
Haunted houses > Drama.
Vacation homes > Drama.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Ghost films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price. Soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night-this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Dorothy Macardle.
"Universal"--Opening frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
Special features: New 2K digital film restoration; Giving up the ghost (new visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda); Radio adaptations (DVD-Rom feature): Screen Guild Theater: August 28, 1944; Screen Director's Playhouse: November 18, 1949; Trailer. Plus, A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme and a 1997 interview with director Lewis Allen.
Physical Description:1 DVD video (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; music score, Victor Young ; edited by Doane Harrison ; art direction, Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté ; costumes, Edith Head ; set decoration, Stephen Seymour.
ISBN:9781604657982
1604657987