The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir a film based on the 1945 novel by the same name.

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Film - 1945 - Novel

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The novel was written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R. A. Dick. In 1945, Twentieth Century Fox bought the film rights to the novel, which had only been published in the United Kingdom at that time. The film was released in May, 1947.

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Josephine Leslie - Twentieth Century Fox - United Kingdom - May - 1947

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In 1968, Fox Television revived the story as a sitcom, adding a twist of humor; Hope Lange portrayed Mrs Muir, who gained a son, and Edward Mulhare was Captain Gregg. The series lasted two seasons: appearing for its first year on NBC, and on ABC for its second.

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1968 - Fox Television - Sitcom - Humor - Hope Lange - Edward Mulhare - NBC - ABC

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Widowed Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) gets a cottage by the beach with her maid Martha (Edna Best) and her daughter, Anna. To her surprise, the house is haunted by the ghost of sea captain Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), a ghost who makes himself known to her and inspires her to write his memoirs in the form of racy fiction. Lucy's work becomes popular. She becomes attracted to handsome Miles Fairley (George Sanders), a writer of children's stories. In the process of becoming Miles' bride, she forgets the ghost of Captain Gregg, and he regretfully leaves. But sadly Lucy has more to learn about her faithless fiancé Fairley, more to learn about loneliness.

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Gene Tierney - Edna Best - Ghost - Rex Harrison - Fiction - George Sanders

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