Film Friday: "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
Although Valentine's Day was months ag o, this week on "Film Friday" I am bringing you one of the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute . The reason for this is that this particular film had its original premiere exactly 68 years ago. Theatrical release poster Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) opens in the early 1900s when the young widow Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) moves to the seaside English village of Whitecliff, where she takes up residence at Gull Cottage with her daughter Anna (Natalie Wood as a child, Vanessa Brown as an adult) and her housekeeper Martha (Edna Best). On her first night in the house, Lucy meets the ghost of its former owner, a roguish sea captain named Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), who is impressed by her love for the cottage and agrees to let her stay, promising to make himself known only to her. One day, Angelica (Isobel Elsom) and Eva Muir (Victoria Horne), Lucy's mo...