Blanche Fury (1948)

Blanche Fury (1948) (DVD) (*)

$41.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Marc Allégret

Written By:
Audrey Erskine-Lindop
Cecil McGivern

Actors:
Valerie Hobson ..... Blanche Fury
Stewart Granger ..... Philip Thorn
Michael Gough ..... Laurence Fury
Walter Fitzgerald ..... Simon Fury
Susanne Gibbs ..... Lavinia (as Suzanne Gibbs)
Maurice Denham ..... Major Fraser
Sybille Binder ..... Louisa (as Sybilla Binder)
Ernest Jay ..... Calamy
Townsend Whitling ..... Banks
J.H. Roberts ..... Doctor
Allan Jeayes ..... Mr. Weatherby (as Alan Jeayes)
Edward Lexy ..... Col. Jenkins
Arthur Wontner ..... Lord Rudford
Amy Veness ..... Mrs. Winterbourne
Cherry London ..... Molly

Synopsis:

Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and the dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger. Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a vast estate. Enter Heathcliffe-like stable boy Philip Thorn (Granger), who intends to run the estate and eventually claim Blanche as his own. After a torrid, bodice-ripping romance between Blanche and Philip, the story segues into a no-names-please reenactment of the infamous 19th-century 'Rush Murder.' To 'explain' the motives of the characters, the screenwriters deviate from the original Joseph Shearing novel by imposing all sorts of 20th-century 'psychological disturbances' upon hero and heroine, with an abruptness and lack of logic that takes the viewer's breath away. Up until the end, however, Blanche Fury is a prime example of high-budget postwar British melodrama. Oddly, despite its $1.5 million price tag, con brio performances and superb Technicolor cinematography, Blanche Fury was a box-office disappointment, bringing an end to the 'Gothic cycle' that had begun so promisingly with 1943's The Man in Grey.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 23 April, 2020.