Guest in the House

1944
Approved
1h 40min

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6,2/10

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Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Jerome Cowan, Aline MacMahon, Scott McKay, and Ruth Warrick in Guest in the House (1944)

Film Noir Drama Mystery

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.

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Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Director Lewis Milestone started the film, but after extensive rehearsals and preparation he fell ill and was replaced by John Brahm, who re-shot some of the early scenes.

Gaffes
When young Lee enters the house after playing with the boy on the swing, her face and dress are clean. However when she enters her mother's room, she has chocolate smudged on her face and dress.

Citations
Ann Proctor: You're a little monster! You're going to get out of this house tonight!
Evelyn Heath: I bet I don't.

Versions alternatives
Some prints of the film are cut to 100 minutes, and omit, among other scenes, the prologue that turns the story into a flashback, in which Aline MacMahon stands at the edge of a cliff as if looking down at someone who has been killed, and reminisces in voice-over about the events in the story.

Connexions
Spoofed in A Pest in the House (1947)

Bandes originales
Liebesträume
(uncredited)
Written by Franz Liszt

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House Guest Wears Out Welcome

Hadn't seen this one before and was pleasantly surprised. It is longer than almost all the others in the DVD collection but is well worth the time.

A nutty woman is brought to the family home to recuperate from a breakdown of some sort and is plainly unfit to be released into normal society. She then proceeds to wreak havoc on all concerned and nearly succeeds in wrecking the host family.

But you have to assume a great deal and swallow a lot of credibility to make it work. She is unbalanced and no one notices or doesn't care; the male lead cavorts with his artist model for prolonged periods and no one raises an eyebrow, so laden with integrity is he; she persuades her fiancée/doctor to leave town to hasten her recovery(!); and so on.

All concerned turn in good performances. Dependable Ralph Bellamy is just that, and Aline McMahon is a cut above the rest. The pivotal character is Anne Baxter's and I don't agree with the majority that she was over-the-top - she is playing a neurotic which justifies her unsettling, oblong portrayal. How else to illustrate that she doesn't fit in? A good picture - albeit stagebound - that does not warrant all the complaints and criticisms. Give it a chance.