Blithe Spirit (1945)

I saw Blithe Spirit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston but now it's on streaming here so you can watch it anytime. It's an affable dialogue-laden film with great repartee (as one would expect from a Noel Coward play). The 1930-40s were great for movies with great dialogue after all (like Casablanca and The Thin Man series). The medium chews through her scenes in grandiose fashion (practically defining the role for all subsequent films) and the ghostly ex-wife is a shimmery vision. The film won an Oscar for special effects. Staging is very much like a play though -- simple and straightforward. I hope you like it as much or more than I did and you esp. enjoy the ending. (Do not read Wikipedia or anything that would spoil that for you.) Enjoy! 3 stars.