Blithe Spirit (UK, 1945) January 27, 2009

Filmed in Technicolor and intended as an antidote to wartime gloom, this chic and cheeky adaptation of Noel Coward's smash-hit play takes a flippant attitude toward such topics as death, murder, marital fidelity, and the hereafter. A mystery novelist (Rex Harrison) is content with the calm affection of his second marriage, until a dotty spiritualist (Margaret Rutherford) opens the astral door to his deceased, devilish first wife.