A Place of One's Own (1943) is a British film directed by Bernard Knowles. An atmospheric ghost story based on the novel by Osbert Sitwel, it stars James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Dulcie Gray. Mason and Mullen are artificially aged to play the old couple but the pair of thirty-something actors are dreadfully miscast and fail to convince despite being heavily made-up. James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 - 15 July 1990) was a British actress. ... Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose-Price (June 23, 1915 – October 6, 1973) was a British actor. ... Dulcie Gray, originally named Dulcie Savage, was born in 1919, and is a veteran British actress of the stage and screen. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 - 15 July 1990) was a British actress. ... Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose-Price (June 23, 1915 – October 6, 1973) was a British actor. ... Dulcie Gray, originally named Dulcie Savage, was born in 1919, and is a veteran British actress of the stage and screen. ...

Plot

Mr and Mrs Smedhurst (Mason and Mullen) are a middle-aged business couple wanting to retire. They find an old but cheap mansion in the country that has been vacant for 40 years, Bellingham House, and proceed to buy it. They move in along with their servants and soon learn the house is supposedly haunted – but Mr Smedhurst in particular is sceptical of the paranormal myth. They invite a young companion, Annette (Margaret Lockwood), to join them but within days of arriving she steadily begins hearing strange voices. The new owners learn that a young invalid girl was believed to have been murdered 40 years previously in the house – and their preconceptions of the supernatural are challenged. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... SCUMBAF! ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

When the spirit of the murdered girl possesses Annette, her health declines drastically and soon she’s at deaths door. A young doctor, Dr Selbie (Dennis Price), has fallen deeply in love with Annette and attempts to cure her but to no avail. In a state of delirium, Annette calls for old Dr Marsham (Ernest Thesiger), the GP who had attended to the dead girl 40 years earlier

Cast

• Margaret Lockwood ... Annette
• James Mason ... Mr. Smedhurst
• Barbara Mullen ... Mrs. Smedhurst
• Dennis Price ... Dr. Selbie
• Helen Haye ... Mrs. Manning-Tutthorn
• Michael Shepley ... Major Manning-Tutthorn
• Dulcie Gray ... Sarah
• Moore Marriott ... George
• Ernest Thesiger ... Dr. Marsham

Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 - 15 July 1990) was a British actress. ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose-Price (June 23, 1915 – October 6, 1973) was a British actor. ... Helen Haye (August 28, 1874 - September 1, 1957) was a British actress. ... Dulcie Gray, originally named Dulcie Savage, was born in 1919, and is a veteran British actress of the stage and screen. ... Moore Marriott (1885-1949) was a British character actor. ... Ernest Thesiger, (January 15, 1879 - January 14, 1961), sometimes credited as Ernst Thesiger, was a British stage and film actor. ...

External links

• A Place of One's Own at the Internet Movie Database