Ida Lupino
Ellen Creed
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Ladies in Retirement is a 1941 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward and Evelyn Keyes. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Lupino and Hayward were married at the time.
Ladies in Retirement: Directed by Charles Vidor. With Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester. The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Charles Vidor
- 1941-09-09
In the late nineteenth century, Ellen Creed works as the live-in companion to Miss Leonora Fiske, a retired actress who lives in the English countryside and who still retains her theatrical mannerisms.
Ladies in Retirement is a 1941 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward, who were married at the time. It is based on a 1940 Broadway play of the same title by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy that starred Flora Robson in the lead role.
The low-key dramatic power of Ladies in Retirement comes mainly from George Barnes's moody camerawork and the solid acting of the principal cast. Top honors go to Ida Lupino, a bold and strong-minded actress who became a prolific film and TV director in her own right starting in the late 1940s.
- Charles Vidor, George Rhein
- Ida Lupino
Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.
Ladies in Retirement is a bit of gothic nonsense made palatable by its performances and strong visuals. Housekeeper Ellen Creed (Ida Lupino) wants her employer, Leonora Fiske (Isobel Elsom), to take in her loony sisters, Louisa (Edith Barrett) and Emily (Elsa Lanchester).
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