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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Originally published in 1945, this charming novel explores the unexpected romance between young widow Lucy Muir and former sea captain Daniel Gregg, a handsome ghost who haunts her seaside cottage. A VINTAGE MOVIE CLASSICS BOOK.Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir is forced out of her home and insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up discovering a special companionship in the company of the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain's story as a book, Blood and Swash, Lucy finds a source of constant comfort in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg. This romantic tale explores how love can blossom without boundaries, both in this life and beyond.Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780804173483
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Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Media tie-in. Product DescriptionThe basis for Joseph L. Mankiewicz s cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain's story as a book, Blood and Swash, Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.Originally published in 1945, made into a movie in 1947, and later adapted into a television sitcom in 1968, this romantic tale explores how love can develop without boundaries, both in this life and beyond.With a new foreword by Adriana Trigiani.Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.About the AuthorR. A. Dick was the pseudonym of Irish writer Josephine Aimee Campbell Leslie, who was also the author of The Devil and Mrs. Devine. She died in 1979.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Excerpted from the ForewordThey had me at Lucia. You ve heard of pregnant women craving ice cream,burnt bacon, or green olives, but when I was expecting, I craved an old black-and-white movie from 1947 called The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.Lucy Muir (the elegant Gene Tierney) is a young widow in the early 1900s with a daughter (nine-year-old Natalie Wood) she adores, living with her suffocating in-laws, who represent the oppression of the Victorian era. Fed up, Lucy takes her small annual stipend, only child, and faithful maid and leaves. She heads for the coast, where she finds a house called Gull Cottage in the village of Whitecliff-by-the-Sea. Evidently, it has stood vacant because it s haunted by a Captain Gregg (played by Rex Harrison) who died there in a house fire.Mr. Harrison was called "Sexy Rexy" in Old Hollywood for good reason. Apparition or not, in this picture, the actor earned every pant from the audience.I fell into this movie like a spoon into a bowl of mint chip.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is based upon a lean Victorian novel by Josephine Leslie (who published under the name R. A. Dick in 1945 for fear of misogyny leading to no or low sales). The novel is a romantic ghost story, more novella than epic.Philip Dunne, one of the great screenwriters during the Golden Age of Hollywood, adapted the novel for the screen. Mr. Dunne was a master dramatist, keen and spare in his process. He would take apart a novel, pulling threads from it like a lacemaker. Mr. Dunne would hold on to some characters, discard others, restructure timelines, winnow down scenes, remove some altogether, and add new ones to create the most powerful screen narrative from the source material. His dialogue is smart; at the time this was a necessary talent because so were the audiences.His plots build with tension and surprise. (Another of Mr. Dunne s brilliant screenplays is the adaptation of How Green Was My Valley, whereby he took a doorstopper of a novel and told the story in flashbacks from the point of view of the youngest son in a Welsh mining family to splendid results.)Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed with style and sensitivity. But it s the screenwriter who makes the movie soar, as Mr. Dunne crafted the script to be as much about the art of writing and creativity as he did romantic love.Settings are always evocative and lush in a Dunne screenplay. The very British Gull Cottage built by Hollywood craftsmen was an ideal movie setting, as it invited the audience into the world of the characters. The cottage was set high on a sunny cliff overlooking the ocean. Seller Inventory # BKZN9780804173483
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