Noël Coward
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The Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough. Starring Celia Johnson , Noël Coward , and Margaret Leighton , the film is based on Coward's play The Astonished Heart from his cycle of ten plays, Tonight at 8.30 .
The Astonished Heart. The Astonished Heart, described by the author as "a tragedy in six scenes", is a short play by Noël Coward, one of ten that make up Tonight at 8.30, a cycle written to be performed across three evenings. One-act plays were unfashionable in the 1920s and 30s, but Coward was fond of the genre and conceived the idea of a set ...
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The Astonished Heart (1950) Well, Noel Coward is above all a writer, and this is a sharp, well written, and contemporary (for 1950) drama. It is acerbic and witty, and it has a dry style you'd be forgiven for calling British (everyone else does) but it is most of all effective.
The Astonished Heart. List. Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Christian Faber (Noel Coward) is content in his marriage to his wife, Barbara (Celia Johnson). Barbara reunites with an old friend, a young ...
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The movie then flashes back a year, to when old friends Barbara and Leonora meet again after having lost contact for many years. Time has not strained their relationship it seems, and Barbara invites Leonora to her house a few days later to meet her husband. Her husband Chris, a pompous, austere psychologist, gets off to a bad start with Leonora.
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It is also possible to buy "The Astonished Heart" on FlixFling as download or rent it on FlixFling online. Synopsis Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by.
