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Home Overlooked Films Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: The Uninvited (1944)

October 23, 2012 By iluvcinema 22 Comments

Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: The Uninvited (1944)

It is about that time of year when we are reminded of things that go “bump” in the night – may I submit for your approval this 1944 suspenseful, romantic gem from director Lewis Allen.

This is an old-fashioned English ghost story where brother and sister (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) purchase a lovely home on the Cornish coast. They are more than happy when they discover the rock-bottom price for the home – what could possibly be wrong with it?

Enter Gail Russell, daughter of the seller (Donald Crisp), an ethereal beauty who has an equally seemingly otherworldly attachment to the house …

 

There is no mistaking, this film is beautifully shot – apparently the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences thought so too. Cinematographer Charles Lang received an Oscar nod for his black and white camera work.

Check out the trailer below:

If you love good old fashioned ghost stories, especially those with an English touch.

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Filed Under: Overlooked Films Tagged With: gail russell, horror film, ray milland, ruth hussey, the uninvited

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  1. le0pard13 says

    October 23, 2012 at 12:44 am

    One of my favorite haunted house movies! It’s fortunate channels like TCM serve this up as the disc release remains missing in action, at least for the US market. The UK will get it next week in Region 2 PAL. Great look at this classic, Iba.
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    • iluvcinema says

      October 23, 2012 at 9:54 am

      Thanks!

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  2. Todd Mason says

    October 23, 2012 at 1:02 am

    Famously the only large-budget horror film in the States in its clutch of years…I like it more than I love it, but it’s eminently worth seeing. But just not in the same league with the original CAT PEOPLE or the rest of the best of the RKO/Lewton Unit classics.
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    • iluvcinema says

      October 23, 2012 at 9:53 am

      The other one that comes to mind is The Innocents with Deborah Kerr. CREEPY! Actually creepier than this one.

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  3. Sofia says

    October 23, 2012 at 6:10 am

    Looks terrific, I’ll check it out for sure!
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  4. Patti Abbott says

    October 23, 2012 at 8:01 am

    One of my favorite films on this theme. Just so well done.

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    • iluvcinema says

      October 23, 2012 at 9:54 am

      Yes, a perfect balance of mystery, romance and suspense …

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  5. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) says

    October 23, 2012 at 9:48 am

    Thsi is one of those films that knocked me out as a kid and I’ve been trying to get a proper DVD of it ever since – apparently one is due in the UK quite soon! Thanks for the memories Iba – great, creepy, romantic movie.
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    • iluvcinema says

      October 23, 2012 at 9:55 am

      Indeed! It is too good for us to have to wait for it to come on TV.

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  6. phillyradiogeek says

    October 23, 2012 at 9:53 am

    I haven’t seen it, but it’s one of my mother’s favorite movies, ghost stories or otherwise. She loves it.

    It’s playing on Turner Classic Movies this month.
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    • iluvcinema says

      October 23, 2012 at 10:11 am

      Yeah I think I may have missed it 🙁

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      • phillyradiogeek says

        October 23, 2012 at 1:20 pm

        If you have Comcast digital cable, you can watch it free on demand for a limited time.
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        • iluvcinema says

          October 23, 2012 at 4:31 pm

          Nah I am on Verizon FIOS. I will try to check it out though.

  7. Michael E. Stamm says

    October 23, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    Credit where credit is due: the source novel by Dorothy Macardle is splendidly creepy, in some places truly scary, though in the book the romance element is not particularly believable.

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    • iluvcinema says

      November 6, 2012 at 12:17 am

      OOh I never read this one!

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  8. Jack Deth says

    October 24, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Great choice, iluv!

    A wonderfully suspenseful, extremely gothic, scary in exactly the right places little gem. That opened up many opportunities and later venues for the sometimes, too polished though often creepy Ray Milland.

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    • iluvcinema says

      October 24, 2012 at 10:06 am

      He does have the look of menace about him, doesn’t he?

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      • Jack Deth says

        October 24, 2012 at 7:49 pm

        Hi, iluv:

        I’ve always thought that Ray Milland would have a far creepier, unbeknownst pill freak, Ed Avery; than James Mason in Nicholas Ray’s ‘Bigger Than Life’.

        Not surprising that Roger Corman used his talents in several memorable, low budget films.

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  9. ruth says

    October 24, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    I thought I had commented on this one, hmmm where did it go? This one looks interesting Iba, and I haven’t seen any film by Joan Fontaine before so this might be the first.
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    • iluvcinema says

      November 6, 2012 at 12:18 am

      I think it went to another post – at least that is what WordPress said 😉
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  10. Yvette says

    October 26, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    One of my all time favorites, Iba. I only just recently bought a DVD of it so now I can watch whenever I please. This is one I like to view Halloween week. I recommended this (as I usually do) on a Halloween films post this week. I’m incorrigible, I know. I’m always recommending the same ten or twenty or so films. Can’t help it. I
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    • iluvcinema says

      November 6, 2012 at 12:18 am

      😀

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