CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1944
The Uninvited posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1944 1h 39m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

In 1937, London music critic and composer Roderick "Rick" Fitzgerald and his sister Pamela fall in love with Windward House, an abandoned seaside home, during a holiday on Cornwall's rocky coast. They purchase it for an unusually low price from Commander Beech. Rick and Pamela meet Beech’s 20-year-old granddaughter, Stella Meredith, who lives with her grandfather in the nearby town of Biddlecombe. Stella is deeply upset by the sale because of her attachment to the house, despite its being where her mother, Mary Meredith, fell to her death. The commander has forbidden Stella to enter the house or to see Rick. However, she gains access to Windward House through Rick, who becomes infatuated with her.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Dr. Scott

Dorothy Stickney

Miss Bird

Queenie Leonard

Mrs. Taylor

Moyna MacGill

Miss Coatsworthy

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Roderick Fitzgerald

Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey

Pamela Fitzgerald

Gail Russell

Stella Meredith

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Commander Beech