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. “Oh, Lucia the captain said softly, you are so little and so lovely. how I would have liked to have taken you to Norway and shown you the fiords in the midnight sun, and to China- what youve missed, Lucia, by being born too late to travel the Seven Seas with me! And what Ive missed, too.” ―from The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R. A. Dick The basis for Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, and Natalie Wood. 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. Burdened by debt after her husbands 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 captains 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. With a new foreword by Adriana Trigiani. Read an excerpt here: knopfdoubleday/book/241394/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir/
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