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An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?
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- 1 nomination
Cedric Hardwicke
- Police Inspector Orpington
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Lois Austin
- English Lady
- (uncredited)
Lydia Bilbrook
- Mary Hampton
- (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
- Tom Lumford
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Court Clerk
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaOne of two films in which actress Lilian Fontaine appears in support of her daughter Joan Fontaine. (The other was the 1953 release "The Bigamist").
- Quotes
Jervis Lexton: [as Ivy is poisoning him] All this stupid expense of doctors and nonsense, you must hate me for it.
Ivy Lexton: No, I don't hate you. I sometimes wish I weren't so fond of you.
- ConnectionsVersion of Lux Video Theatre: Ivy (1956)
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Ivy clings!
An excellent period murder melodrama, with Fontaine effectively playing against her earlier naive wallflower type, in a role that reportedly Olivia DeHavilland turned down. That's fine, because Fontaine is wonderful. Scripted by Charles Bennett, who had written for Hitchcock in the thirties and also later penned the excellent script for the classic British horror film Night of the Demon. The opening scene, where Ivy visits a sinister fortune teller played by the wonderful Una O'Connor (the screecher of James Whale fame), is a tour de force, and the film maintains interest throughout the numerous sinister machinations. I hope to see this film on DVD someday, but despair of that ever happening, because it seems to be an undeservedly obscure film. Fortunately I got to see it on AMC some seven or eight years ago, but have not seen since. Catch it if you can!
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- cjevans
- Jul 26, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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