Movie Cosmos - Peter Ibbetson

Description:

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

Top Cast >

Gary Cooper

As Peter Ibbetson

Ann Harding

As Mary, Duchess of Towers

John Halliday

As The Duke of Towers

Ida Lupino

As Agnes

Douglass Dumbrille

As Colonel Forsythe

Virginia Weidler

As Mimsey

Dickie Moore

As Gogo

Doris Lloyd

As Mrs. Dorian

Gilbert Emery

As Wilkins

Donald Meek

As Mr. Slade

Christian Rub

As Major Duquesnois

Elsa Buchanan

As Madame Pasquier

Jack Adair

As Guard (uncredited)

Robert Adair

As Prisoner (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

As Judge (uncredited)

Martha Bamattre

As Woman at the Paris Museum (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

As Clerk (uncredited)

Theresa Maxwell Conover

As Sister of Mercy (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

As Maid (uncredited)

Harry Cording

As Guard (uncredited)

Blanche Craig

As The Countess (uncredited)

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

As Nun (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

As Prisoner (uncredited)

Cyril McLaglen

As Captain of Guards (uncredited)

Clive Morgan

As Clerk (uncredited)

Marguerite Namara

As Madame Ginghi (uncredited)

Martha O'Driscoll

As Girl (uncredited)

Gerald Rogers

As Warden (uncredited)

Colin Tapley

As Clerk (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Henry Hathaway

Director

Robert Usher

Art Direction

Edwin Justus Mayer

Additional Writing

Louis D. Lighton

Producer

Hugo Friedhofer

Original Music Composer

Vincent Lawrence

Screenplay

Waldemar Young

Screenplay

George du Maurier

Novel

Henry Herzbrun

Executive Producer

Ernst Toch

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Stuart Heisler

Editor

Constance Collier

Adaptation

Heinz Roemheld

Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

W. Franke Harling

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Don Johnson

Sound Recordist

Frank Goodwin

Sound Recordist

Ray Lissner

Second Unit Director

Harry D. Mills

Sound Recordist

Gordon Jennings

Visual Effects

Bernhard Kaun

Orchestrator

Adolph Zukor

Presenter

Nat W. Finston

Music Director

John Nathaniel Raphael

Theatre Play

John Meehan

Additional Writing

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Gary Cooper proves that there is a great deal more to his acting than spurs and saddles in this adaptation of George Du Maurier's fantasy drama. He portrays the eponymous character who after many years as a youth of dithering (Act 1), becomes an architect who lands a plum job refurbishing the stables on the estate of the wealthy "Duke of Towers" (John Holiday) (Act 2). After a fairly frosty start, he and the "Duchess" (Ann Harding) fall in love, a relationship of which the Duke is not entirely unaware. An altercation ensues, the "Duke" is killed and "Ibbetson" is jailed for the crime. What follows next (Act 3) is an ethereal intrigue as they live what's left of their lives as though joined in a dream. The score and direction provide for an atmospheric, romantic and quirky story that is still worth a watch 85 years on.

2022-06-19