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David Niven in the film. Enchantment is a 1948 American romantic drama film directed by Irving Reis and starring David Niven, Teresa Wright and Evelyn Keyes. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1945 novel A Fugue in Time by Rumer Godden.
- $1.6 million
- Samuel Goldwyn
Enchantment: Directed by Irving Reis. With David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger. Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days.
- (1.4K)
- Drama, Romance
- Irving Reis
- 1948-12-25
David Niven ... General Sir Roland Dane: Teresa Wright ... Lark Ingoldsby: Evelyn Keyes ... Grizel Dane: Farley Granger ... Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: Jayne Meadows ... Selina Dane: Leo G. Carroll ... Proutie: Philip Friend ... Pelham Dane: Shepperd Strudwick ... Marchese Del Laudi
Evelyn Keyes plays Grizel, a young ambulance driver during World War II who goes to stay with her elderly great uncle Rollo (David Niven) in London. While there, Grizel soon discovers that Rollo is haunted by the memory of his long lost love Lark (Teresa Wright), an orphaned girl who was sent to live with his family when he was a boy.
- Irving Reis, Joe Boyle
- David Niven
During World War II, an American ambulance driver stationed in London, Grizel Dane (Evelyn Keyes), visits her reclusive grand-uncle, General Roland "Rollo" Dane (David Niven). At first Rollo...
- (25)
- David Nusair
- Romance
- Irving Reis
"Enchantment" is the story of two generations, and a very special love. The narrator is the house they lived in at various times. When the movie begins, David Niven is an old man, Rollo, during World War II, and he is living alone in the house with the man-servant with whom he grew up, Leo G. Carroll.
Grumpily, he accedes and shortly thereafter they are visited by Farley Granger ("Pax") who turn out to be the nephew of Niven's childhood sweetheart "Larke" (Teresa Wright). Through a series of reminiscences we learn of the blossoming of their young love - despite the machinations of his older sister "Selina" (Jayne Meadows) and of how it all ...
