110 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by John M. Stahl
Starring Vincent Price, Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Playing as part of THE COLOUR OF CINEMA Film Festival playing May 13th - 27th at Academy Cinemas.
Novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) seems to have found the perfect woman in Ellen (Gene Tierney), a beautiful socialite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of Ellen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingly possessive and may be capable of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singular Hollywood masterpiece that draws freely from the women’s picture and film noir alike, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN boasts elegant direction by melodrama specialist John M. Stahl, blazing Technicolor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chilling performance by Tierney, whose Ellen is a femme fatale unlike any other—a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous.
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN was restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive, with support from The Film Foundation.
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Playing as part of THE COLOUR OF CINEMA Film Festival playing May 13th - 27th at Academy Cinemas.
Novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) seems to have found the perfect woman in Ellen (Gene Tierney), a beautiful socialite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of Ellen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingly possessive and may be capable of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singular Hollywood masterpiece that draws freely from the women’s picture and film noir alike, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN boasts elegant direction by melodrama specialist John M. Stahl, blazing Technicolor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chilling performance by Tierney, whose Ellen is a femme fatale unlike any other—a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous.
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN was restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive, with support from The Film Foundation.