- Actors: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Helen Haye
- Directors: Bernard Knowles
- Writers: Brock Williams, Osbert Sitwell
- Producers: Maurice Ostrer, R.J. Minney
- Language English
- Classification: U
- Studio: Carlton
- VHS Release Date: 26 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00004CSUI
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,744 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I love haunted house movies, but sadly the makers of this b/w film made it more romantic than scary. -Actually, if I didn't know it was supposed to be a ghostly tale I never would've guessed. If you're looking for a horror film you won't find it here; it's everything but. The locations are good looking and occasionally there's a bit of nice old house atmosphere, but for the most part this drama is so talky you begin to wonder why, as a horror fan, you're watching the movie. Maybe it's just me and I ought to give it another chance at some point, but I find its reputation as a genre movie quite wrong. Mason and Lockwood are good though, so their fans will be pleased.
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Margaret Lockwood and James Mason in a chilling gothic ghost story
14 May 2011
Format:VHS Tape
Yet another of the glorious Gainsborough titles, 1945's A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN stars James Mason and Margaret Lockwood in their third and final film together. This time, however, the two play for sympathy in a bewitching ghost story - with a twist.
After years of remaining vacant, the stately Bellingham Manor and Estate is purchased for a bargain price, by Mr. and Mrs. Smedhurst (James Mason and Barbara Mullen), a middle-aged couple who hope to use the Estate as their ticket into high society. Mrs. Smedhurst later employs a lovely companion, Annette Allenby (Margaret Lockwood), who completes the "family". But strange forces are at work... As the Smedhurst's uncover more and more information regarding Bellingham's former occupant, Annette becomes the target in a series of bizarre hauntings that seem to hark directly back to the mysterious death of the last lady of the manor...
Whilst the chills are fairly tame even for 1940's standards, A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN, based on the novel by Osbert Sitwell, is a fascinating entry in the Gainsborough Studio's series of lavish period films ("The Man in Grey", "The Wicked Lady", etc). It's a nice change of pace seeing Ms Lockwood as the demure damsel-in-distress; not to mention James Mason as the middle-aged Smedhurst, a real stretch for the actor. He pulls it off beautifully. Recommended.
After years of remaining vacant, the stately Bellingham Manor and Estate is purchased for a bargain price, by Mr. and Mrs. Smedhurst (James Mason and Barbara Mullen), a middle-aged couple who hope to use the Estate as their ticket into high society. Mrs. Smedhurst later employs a lovely companion, Annette Allenby (Margaret Lockwood), who completes the "family". But strange forces are at work... As the Smedhurst's uncover more and more information regarding Bellingham's former occupant, Annette becomes the target in a series of bizarre hauntings that seem to hark directly back to the mysterious death of the last lady of the manor...
Whilst the chills are fairly tame even for 1940's standards, A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN, based on the novel by Osbert Sitwell, is a fascinating entry in the Gainsborough Studio's series of lavish period films ("The Man in Grey", "The Wicked Lady", etc). It's a nice change of pace seeing Ms Lockwood as the demure damsel-in-distress; not to mention James Mason as the middle-aged Smedhurst, a real stretch for the actor. He pulls it off beautifully. Recommended.
Great Classic Ghost Story Find
22 Aug 2009
Format:VHS Tape
Surprised to come across this great little gem. If you like a good ghost story (without the gore) and an old movie with great acting, and an edgy, eerie, suspenseful mysterious plot, you will like this one. Well done, although at times, it is a little slow, but always entertaining.
The cast is suberb and the music haunting. I like good old movies and I like movies with atmosphere. This is both.
The cast is suberb and the music haunting. I like good old movies and I like movies with atmosphere. This is both.
A rare gem of a film!
9 July 2009
Format:VHS Tape
This is a great mystery made in England in 1945. It's an engrossing mystery that tells of the troubles an elderly couple inherit when they buy a house in the English countryside (circa 1900) following their retirement. When a paid companion comes to stay with them, the spirit of a young woman who died in the house 40 years earlier begins to wreak havoc on the house and its inhabitants. The acting is superb! James Mason is nearly unrecognizable in his makeup, but his performance is wonderful! It's truly a suspenseful, well-done film that's worth getting. They don't make many mysteries better than this.
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