Enchantment (1948)

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Most of the story in this five-hanky British melodrama takes place over a 50 year period within a single London home, 99 Wiltshire Place, the birth place of a noted general who has not been back since he was a young man and had a terrible wrenching fight with his sister over his love for their… More Most of the story in this five-hanky British melodrama takes place over a 50 year period within a single London home, 99 Wiltshire Place, the birth place of a noted general who has not been back since he was a young man and had a terrible wrenching fight with his sister over his love for their adopted sister. Just before he stormed out, he vowed that he would never return until the troublesome sibling, who was always jealous of the beautiful orphan girl, died. Many years pass and the general now sits there alone with his old butler musing about his lost love. His American granddaughter, an ambulance driver for the war effort, shows up distraught. It seems she has fallen in love with the Canadian nephew of the general's old flame and is undecided whether she marry him right away or wait until after the war. He then tells her his tragic tale in hopes that she will change her mind. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By: Irving Reis
Written By: Rumer Godden, John Patrick
Genres: Drama, Romance, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1948 Wide
On DVD: Mar 8, 2005

Critic Reviews

David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the extremely deliberate pace quickly becomes overwhelming...

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Cast

            David Niven as Gen. Sir Roland Dane

            Teresa Wright as Lark Ingoldsby

            Evelyn Keyes as Grizel Dane

            Farley Granger as Pilot Pax Masterson

            Jayne Meadows as Selina Dane

            Leo G Carroll as Proutie

            Phillip Friend as Pelham Dane

            Shepperd Strudwick as Marchese del Laudi

            Henry Stephenson as Gen. Fitzgerald

            Colin Keith-Johnston as The Eye

            Gerald Perreau-Saissine as Rollo as a Child

            Sherlee Collier as Selina as a Child

            Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Sampson

            Edmund Breon as Uncle Bunny

            Gerald Oliver Smith as Willoughby

            Melville Cooper as Jeweler

            Dennis McCarthy as Lance Corporal

            Matthew Boulton as Air Raid Warden

            Robin Hughes as Corporal

            William Johnstone as Narrator

            Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton as RAF officer

            Gigi Perreau as Lark as a Child

            Peter Miles
            
            Philip Friend
            
            Warwick Gregson
            
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