A Place of One's Own

1945

1h 32m

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5.6/10

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An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.

Directors

Bernard Knowles

Writers

Brock Williams(screenplay by)

Osbert Sitwell(novel by)

Stars

Margaret Lockwood

James Mason

Barbara Mullen

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Annette Allenby

Henry Smedhurst

Emilie Smedhurst

Dr. Robert Selbie

Florence Manning-Tutthorn

Michael Shepley

Alistair Manning-Tutthorn

Sarah

Dr. Richard Marsham

Inspector Barlowe

George

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P.C. Hargreaves

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Sir Roland Jervis

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Canon Mowbray

Directors

Bernard Knowles

Writers

Brock Williams(screenplay by)

Osbert Sitwell(novel by)

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6/10

It is unhealthy to take seriously what is morbid superstition. A Place of One's Own is directed by Bernard Knowles and adapted to screenplay by Brock Williams from the novel written by Osbert Sitwell. Out of Gainsborough Pictures it stars James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Dulcie Gray. Music is by Hubert Bath and cinematography by Stephen Dade. Retiring couple the Smedhurst's (Mason & Mullen) purchase Bellingham House and hire Annette Allenby (Lockwood) as a companion for Mrs. Smedhurst. Bellingham House had been empty for a number of years, and soon enough the new inhabitants, especially Annette, find out why. A gentle Edwardian ghost story that's full of charm and whimsical romance, it's clearly not a film for horror fans looking for a fright night in by candle light. There are a few nice supernatural touches such as hushed voices, the tinkling of the ivories, interior gust of wind, that sort of thing, while the possession angle is nicely handled by Knowles in what was his first major directing assignment. Gainsborough were hoping to replicate the success of the Man in Grey from two years earlier, which had starred Mason and Lockwood, but A Place of One's Own was a flop, with Mason himself later saying that he dropped the ball with this one. The problem is that the film is often too off-beat, with Mason cast as an elderly man and pretty much hamming it up to the point of detracting from Lockwood's fine work. Still, it's a very pleasing and harmless picture in spite of the mixed tonality, while having a Ernest Thesiger cameo is always a good thing. 6/10

John Chard15 Mar, 2020