Muir 1947 is a romanticfantasy film starring gene tierney and rex harrison. Oral history with baljit dhillon vikram singh, 2016 january 1. Muir tv show season 1 episode 6 vanessa original u. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is. Mankiewicz, with gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders, at turner classic movies. The series starred hope lange and edward mulhare in the title roles. Langes work was recognized twice with an emmy award, once for each season. Despite the warnings of realtor combe robert coote that the house might be haunted, the tenacious young widow. Muir 1968, a sitcom starring hope lange and edward mulhare in the roles originally played by gene tierney and sir rex harrison. Muir script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gene tierney and rex harrison movie. Based on the 1947 movie starring gene tierney and rex harrison. Muir tv show season 1 episode 3 treasure hunt original u. Muir was adapted as an hourlong radio play on lux radio theater starring charles boyer and madeleine carroll.
Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former owner captain gregg. The captain is continually interrupted when trying to read carolyn his poem for her. Muir tv show season 1 episode 19 chowderhead original u. Muir the 1947 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The thematic material displays a level of elegance and delicacy that put it head and shoulders above the standard for film. Site map subscribe to read articles 1947 june part 1. Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same. After nbc cancelled the series, it aired on abc for one season before being cancelled a final time. Arguably the best soundtrack that bernard herrmann ever composed, the ghost and mrs. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the ghost and mrs. Muir and her young daughter in victorian england, find a new life in a small english seaside town, and gull cottage. Indeed, they become friends and allies, after lucy gets used to the idea of a mans ghost haunting her bedroom.
A pretty english widow gene tierney rents a house by the seashore, complete with ghost. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and its still a charming and captivating film more than 60. However, it isnt showing up except for a few seconds. Pilot episode 9211968 haunted honeymoon 9281968 treasure hunt 1051968. Mankiewicz to be released on bluray this year by fox and like the other. She discovers the ghost of the deceased former owner, a sea captain, is haunting the house, but gathers the courage to stand up to him, and woman and ghost become friends. Muir, with rex harrison, gene tierney and george sanders. Gene tierney plays turnofthecentury widow lucy muir, who escapes her impossible inlaws by moving into an old house on the english seacoast. To show time has passed, the wooden fence on the beach deteriorates, but the top of the fence, with anna muir carved in it, was never anywhere near the water it was way up inland, far away from the waters edge but.
Muir back to the mid1800s where she is the ghost and the very much alive captain is the only one who can see her. Like its tvsitcom counterpart of the 1960s, the original film version of the ghost and mrs. In 1945, 20th century fox bought the film rights to the novel, which had been published only in the united kingdom at that time. Subscribe to read articles from june 1947 part 1 site map the. Muir was broadcast on saturday evenings on nbc at 8. It ran for two seasons, one on nbc and one on abc, and emphasized broad humor. Ghost and mrs muir pain in the neck 2 of 3 by denteltv1. Muir was his most expressive body of dramatic music, not really a surprise since a portion of its material was stolen by herrmann from his own contemporary opera wuthering heights. Muir, gene tierney plays a widowed turnofthecentury londoner with no apparent prurient interests.
Gene tierney cited in the title visiting from the coast, noticed by fairley george sanders, who wangles her an appointment with sproule whitford kane, so she can pitch the book written by deceased captain gregg rex harrison, who assists, in the ghost and mrs. With this new lease of life comes a catch, an old sea dog named capt. Muir defying her conventional inlaws, a young widow leaves london with her young daughter and moves away for a quieter life in a secluded seaside cottage. Carolyn muir, a young widow from philadelphia, moves into gull cottage on the coast of maine with her two young children. It ran for two seasons, one on nbc and one on abc, and emphasized broad humor rather than the romantic elements of this movie. But her rapt attention to a singersongwriter stranded at gull cottage gives the captain an idea for getting his poem heard. This box set contains the same individual season 1 and 2 sets.
Later remade as a tv series in the 60s which never captured the charm of the. Muir tv show season 1 episode 5 hero today, gone tomorrow original u. Released by varese sarabande in 1997 vsd 5850 containing music from the ghost and mrs. Shortly after she arrives, she is indeed haunted by the ghost of a sea captain. Muir soundtrack from 1947, composed by bernard herrmann. Muir is a situation comedy that aired on nbc during 19681969 and abc during 19691970. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the ghost and mrs. Muir, 1947, starring rex harrison and gene tierney is a wonderful, emotionallymoving film about a turnofthecentury, paranormal romance. Narragansett bay skippers topped by donovan in the sailing series finale. Captain gregg takes a shine to the pretty widow and allows them to stay in his house. Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which. Carolyn muir rents charming maine gull cottage for her family and finds that it comes with a resident ghost. Muir episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Muir and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at.
Muir wonderful fantasyromance, in which beautiful widow lucy gene tierney buys a remote coastal home that was once occupied by a dashing merchant captain. Nbc canceled the series but, lukily for fans, abc picked it up for a second season. Muir easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. Kellie flanagan, as nineyearold candace candy muir, is mrs. Previous all episodes 50 next haunted honeymoon poster. Carolyn comes down with a bug, and captain gregg, dissatisfied with the doctor, concocts his own remedy which sends mrs. With gene tierney, rex harrison, george sanders, edna best. In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. Interviews the 1947 partition archive spotlight at stanford. Muir is a hybrid of the supernatural and the romantic, shying away from the humor of something like blithe spirit or the fear of the uninvited. Muir gene tierney rex harrison george sanders 1947 a london widow gene tierney falls in love with a sea captains ghost rex harrison haunting her cottage by the sea.
Ghost and mrs muir pain in the neck 1 of 3 by denteltv1. I saw this movie the ghost and mrs muir many years ago and would love to see it again. In 1900, strongwilled widow lucy muir goes to live in gull cottage by the british seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. Muir 20th centuryfox seems like a bit of ectoplasm left over from blithe spirit, but despite that handicap does fairly well by itself. Muir quotes showing 1 17 of 17 oh, lucia the captain said softly, you are so little and so lovely. Gene tierney plays turnof the century widow lucy muir, who escapes her impossible inlaws by moving into an old house on the english seacoast. Lucy muir and captain gregg are two lost souls adrift on their own sea who come together. Akhtars uncle was in jail because of his political views. To show time has passed, the wooden fence on the beach deteriorates, but the top of the fence, with anna muir carved in it, was never anywhere near the water it was way up inland, far away from the waters edge but now it is in the water, waves washing over it. The show was based on the eponymous 1947 film which had starred gene tierney and rex harrison and was in turn based on a 1945 novel by r. Romantic ghost stories are often more about the absence of sex than the presence of spirits. Muir tv show season 1 episode 4 the ghost hunter original u. After nbc cancelled the series, it aired on abc for one season before being cancelled a final tim. Muir is an american sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by r.