#Cathleen Nesbitt

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Propaganda

Margaret Rutherford (Blithe Spirit, The Importance of Being Earnest, the 60s Miss Marple films)—Margaret Rutherford was a fantastic comic actress who also serves as an inspiration to anyone who feels they’re too old to pursue their dreams - she didn’t start acting professionally until her Kate 40s, but was eventually made a Dame!! Queen of oddball female characters, she is a delight to watch in every scene, and always has big lesbian energy. If you don’t think she’s hot you’re just being cowardly. Also this: [link to PopMatters article]

Cathleen Nesbitt (An Affair to Remember, Separate Tables)—I'd always assumed she was French, given her wonderful performance in an affair to remember, but turns out she's English. So beautiful and fragile in ghat film. Her grace and humour are just wonderful. Just watched so long at the fair where she plays a scheming hotelier, and she rocks that too!! Was also in a stage production of Gigi with Audrey Hepburn!!!

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Audrey Hepburn as Gigi and Cathleen Nesbitt as her aunt Alicia de St. Ephlam in the 1951 Broadway production of “Gigi”

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From the Golden Age of Television

Wuthering Heights - CBS - May 9, 1958

A presentation of "DuPont Show of the Month" Season 1 Episode 9

Drama

Running Time: 90 minutes

Stars:

Richard Burton as Heathcliff

Rosemary Harris as Cathy Earnshaw

Denholm Elliott as Edgar Linton

Barry Jones as Earnshaw

Cathleen Nesbitt as Ellen Dean

Robert Flemyng as Mr. Lockwood

Bernard Miles as Joseph

Michel Ray as Young Heathcliff

John Colicos as Hindley Earnshaw

Patty Duke as Young Cathy Earnshaw

Angela Thornton as Isabella Linton

Clarence Derwent as Minister

Noel Leslie as Dr. Kenneth

Mark Hykin as Young Hindley Earnshaw

Keith Herrington as Robert

[mariocki]

Six Plays by Alan Bennett: The Old Crowd (1.3, LWT, 1979)

"Do you do this full time?"

"We're actors. We act."

"Acting, oh that's exciting. Are you resting?"

"'Scuse me?"

"That's what it's called, isn't it, when - when you're out of work? Resting?"

"I call it out of work."

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have An Affair to Remember 1957

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Audrey Hepburn and Cathleen Nesbitt in Gigi (1952)

[genevieveetguy]

Isn't it touching how a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive all these years?

Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock (1976)

[ulrichgebert]

Weil es gerade so schön war mit dem 70er-Jahre-Altersunfug machten wir gleich mit Meister Hitchcocks weiter.

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Family Plot, Mexican Lobby Card, 1976

[c-hawner]

“When I talked of all things coming to an end he would always laugh and say ‘Hush – there’s never any end when things are perfect’."

Cathleen Nesbitt, A Little Love and Good Company, extract from a letter to Edward Marsh about her memories of Rupert Brooke.

[angelstills]

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

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Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair (Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher, 1950)

Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman, Felix Aylmer, Cathleen Nesbitt, Betty Warren, Marcel Poncin, Austin Trevor, André Morell, Zena Marshall, Eugene Deckers. Screenplay: Hugh Mills, Anthony Thorne, based on a novel by Thorne. Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer. Art direction: Cedric Dawe, George Provis. Film editing: Gordon Hales. Music: Benjamin Frankel. 

They might have called it The Gentleman Vanishes. Jean Simmons and David Tomlinson play Vicky and Johnny Barton, sister and brother, whose travels around Europe take them to Paris for the 1889 Paris Exposition, the event that saw the opening of the Eiffel Tower. After seeing a bit of the city on their first night there, Vicky retires to her hotel room while Johnny, feeling tired, stays downstairs to have a nightcap. In the morning, Johnny has vanished. Not only that, the room where he was staying has vanished too. The hotel staff denies that he was ever there, and moreover asserts that the room where he was staying, No. 19, has never existed: The only room 19 is a bathroom. The manager of the hotel, Mme. Hervé (Cathleen Nesbitt), whom we saw check the Bartons in the night before, insists that only Vicky checked in and shows her the registry that only she signed. And so begins Vicky's harrowing attempt not only to find her brother but also to prove that she's not insane. So Long at the Fair is a mostly engaging variation on the gaslighting theme that evokes the similar, though less complex, disappearance of Miss Froy in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 The Lady Vanishes, though it's not in the same league as Hitchcock's classic. This version is a little too complicated for its own good: It's hard to ignore the many implausibilities of the scheme that's revealed at the end, and the accidental death of a witness who might have prematurely exposed the scheme feels like a contrivance to keep the plot going. But there's still enough fun in trying to figure things out, and the performances are good. Simmons gives full expression to both Vicky's bewilderment and her determination as she deals with uncomprehending authorities, and Dirk Bogarde is handsomely dashing as the expatriate artist who comes to her aid. 

[citizenscreen]

Birthday remembrance - Cathleen Nesbitt, pictured with Audrey Hepburn in the 1951 Broadway production of “Gigi”. #botd

[kwebtv]

Character Actress

Cathleen Nesbitt CBE (born Kathleen Mary Nesbitt; November 24 ,1888 – August 2, 1982)  Actress of stage, film and television.

She played Agatha Morley, the mother of a Congressman (played by William Windom) and mother-in-law to his former governess (played by Inger Stevens), on the TV series The Farmer's Daughter from 1963 to 1966. She guest starred on such shows as The United States Steel Hour; Wagon Train; Naked City, Dr. Kildare and Upstairs, Downstairs (as Rachel Gurney's mother, Mabel, Countess of Southwold).

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More pics from Producers Showcase: "Reunion in Vienna," April 4, 1955 [Television]

(Since it's been on my mind lately.)

This is the one where Peter played a character named Poffy, full name of Pofferoff.

At least, I believe these pictures are from this show; these came with no source. But the faces, ah the faces!

Here's the pic that started it off, from this post. Peter Lorre, Brian Aherne, Greer Garson, and Robert Flemyng:

Here's Peter Lorre and Robert Flemying:

Peter Lorre with Greer Garson:

Next, we have Edith Meiser (I think), Greer Garson, Robert Flemying, Peter Lorre, and hell if I know - Lili Darvas? Cathleen Nesbitt?

And Peter Lorre with Edith Meiser:

Plot: An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst. - IMDB

Updated Oct 13, 2023:

A slightly clearer picture from eBay of the top image, but on the back it reads:

"A lovely Viennese matron (Greer Garson) intercedes between her embattled husband (Robert Flemyng, right) and her former great love, the Archduke Rudolf (Brian Aherne, left), as a family friend (Peter Lorre, seated, left), appears embarrassed."

Found another lovely pic of Peter and Greer:

[brokehorrorfan]

Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its The Haunting of Julia 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, which releases on April 18. The 1977 supernatural horror film includes reversible artwork with its alternate title, Full Circle.

Richard Loncraine (Firewall, Wimbledon) directs from a script by Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia), based on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia. Mia Farrow stars with Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Robin Gammell, Jill Bennett, and Cathleen Nesbitt.

The Haunting of Julia has been newly restored in 4K from the original negative with Dolby Vision and DTS-HD Master Audio Mono. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by director Richard Loncraine and film historian Simon Fitzjohn (new)

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by director Richard Loncraine and film historian Simon Fitzjohn (new)

Introduction by director Richard Loncraine (new)

Interview with actor Tom Conti (new)

Interview with actress Samantha Gates (new)

A Haunting Retrospective by film critic Kim Newman (new)

Park Life – Film historian Simon Fitzjohn visits the filming locations (new)

Magnus and Julia Lofting (Keir Dullea and Mia Farrow) suffer a tremendous shock one morning when their daughter Kate (Sophie Ward) begins choking. Unsure what to do, Julia attempts a tracheotomy, inadvertently causing Kate’s death. The tragedy sends Julia to a hospital to recover, but when Magnus asks that she come home, she prefers to buy a new house in London to live alone. Magnus begins pondering Julia’s fragile sanity, while Julia becomes convinced that her house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl.

Pre-order The Haunting of Julia.