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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics | R. A. Dick
The basis for Joseph L. Mankiewiczs cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain's story as a book, Blood and Swash, Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted. Originally published in 1945, made into a movie in 1947, and later adapted into a television sitcom in 1968, this romantic tale explores how love can develop without boundaries, both in this life and beyond. With a new foreword by Adriana Trigiani. Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.
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dabbe
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#BookBracket #BookBracket24 #BookBracket2024 @Catsandbooks

October: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR
This will be fun to put together at the end of the year! 🤩

kspenmoll Can you explain to me how the brackets off each month etc works? 🤪 3w
dabbe @kspenmoll I'll try! The far left and right columns are for your favorite book of each month. For ex., for January (upper left), my fave book was A STUDY IN SCARLET. As you fill in the months, once you have two months down (like Jan and March in the left column), you then have to pick your favorite from just those two; for me, BABEL won out over SCARLET. ⬇️ (edited) 3w
dabbe @kspenmoll ... Then, you just keep following the brackets, picking your top choice of the two until your #1 is chosen for the entire year. Does that make sense? 😝🤪😛 3w
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kspenmoll Perfect directions! Thank you! 3w
dabbe @kspenmoll YW! 😘 3w
Catsandbooks Hooray! 🩵 3w
Catsandbooks @kspenmoll If you'd like a blank one I can post it, cause the original is way down on my page 😂 3w
dabbe @Catsandbooks 🤎🍁🧡 3w
dabbe @Catsandbooks 🤎🍁🧡 3w
dabbe @Catsandbooks You created one heckuva #bookbracket!!! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Catsandbooks @dabbe thank you! 🥰 3w
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#BookBracket #BookBracket24 #BookBracket2024 @CSeydel

October: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR
September vs. October: THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
God vs. Sea: THE GOD IN THE WOODS

CSeydel Great bracket! 3w
dabbe @CSeydel Thanks to you! 🤩😘😀 3w
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What a charming story. And I was surprised by its reflective depth, in addition to the humorous scenes I expected. This was a #CastTheDie selection, as well as my #ReadOrDonate choice for October, but I won‘t be donating it. 😉

#HauntedShelf Team #HexesandCrows @Catsandbooks @PuddleJumper

dabbe I've adored the movie for years and just read the book a couple of weeks ago. Loved it, too! 🖤🧡🖤 4w
dabbe I've adored the movie for years and just read the book a couple of weeks ago. Loved it, too! 🖤🧡🖤 4w
Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🩵 4w
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AnnCrystal 🎬💝💝💝. 4w
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 4w
julieclair @dabbe Would you believe I‘ve never seen the movie? Only the TV show from way back when. 3w
dabbe @julieclair Oh, you have to! It's fabulous! 🤩 3w
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dabbe
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Pickpick

I adored the movie as a teenager. The dialogue of the saucy sea captain was a delight to read, as was the relationship that develops between Mrs. Muir and her captain ghost. The movie followed the book fairly well, and I totally applaud the movie for leaving out the dreaded son, Cyril. A quick read at < 200 pages, if you love an impossible romance, this one suffices. Yet, I think I prefer the movie over the book. Probably because of #sexyrexy. 😀

AnnCrystal 🎬📚😍👍💝.
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
marleed I loved the movie too! 1mo
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dabbe @marleed #greatminds 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
RosePressedPages I love the book and movie so much! I discovered them a couple years back and fell in love 🥰⚓️ 1mo
TheBookHippie Oh yes!!! 1mo
Deblovestoread I LOVED this movie and finally read the book last year. 🧡🖤🧡 1mo
dabbe @RosePressedPages 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
dabbe @Deblovestoread 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 🖤)
You, too, @Eggs @peaKnit @mcctrish! 🖤🖤🖤
1. Matt and I discussed this topic on our dog walk this morning. We still haven't made up our minds because the GSDs will go crazy with the ringing doorbell. He's going to Costco tomorrow, so the decision is his. Maybe if he gets candy that's not chocolate, I'll be able to resist. 😂
2. Sexy-Rexy sea captain! 🤩

mcctrish It‘s chips that end me 🤦🏻‍♀️ I‘m going to Costco to buy the chocolate tomorrow too 1mo
AnnCrystal Rex Harrison as Captain Daniel Gregg 😍👍💝💝💝. 1mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal ADORED him in that movie! 🤩 1mo
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peaKnit I‘ve been on a binge since the chocolate entered the house. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1mo
TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing! 1mo
dabbe @peaKnit 🤩😂🤗 1mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🧡🖤 1mo
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#WhereAreYouMonday
@Cupcake12

I am in the early 1900s in the seaside town of Whitecliff in Dorset, England. I'm living in Gull Cottage with the previous owner, an ornery captain who happens to be dead and is now a ghost. Loved this movie, so now I'm reading the book!

AmyG Great movie! 1mo
Mollyanna I‘m with @AmyG fabulous movie! 1mo
dabbe @Mollyanna @AmyG I fell in love with Rex Harrison from this movie! #sexyrexy 🤩😂🤗 (edited) 1mo
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dabbe
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#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

“Mrs. Muir was a little woman.“

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julieclair
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My #ReadOrDonate choice for October is The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I loved the tv show as a kid, but have never read the book. Several of you have already posted… what will everyone else be reading? 👻🎃👻

TheAromaofBooks I have fallen off the bandwagon a little in August and September, but hope springs eternal 😂 I\'ve pulled one of my many unread Nora Roberts books for this month!! 2mo
PuddleJumper I don't know why I got it, what it's about but it's been on my October TBR 3 years running 2mo
dabbe I adored Rex Harrison in the movie version! 🧡🤎💛 2mo
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julieclair @PuddleJumper On your October TBR for 3 years? That‘s a perfect candidate for #ReadOrDonate ! Enjoy! 2mo
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I‘m always falling off one bandwagon or another lol! Hope springing eternal is a wonderful thing! 😘 2mo
julieclair @dabbe I don‘t think I have ever seen the movie! 2mo
dabbe @julieclair It\'s so good! Gene Tierney plays Mrs. Muir, and Natalie Wood is her daughter! 🧡🤎💛 2mo
julieclair @dabbe I need to add it to my October list! 👻 2mo
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Eggs 💜🖤💙 6mo
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Gissy
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Pickpick

It was a nostalgic reading maybe remembering those old movies which I like to watch sometimes. After her husband death, Lucy moved to this house to change her life, good for her. But the house was haunted by the “ghost” of Captain Gregg who used to scared everyone except Lucy. Then, the story goes narrating the strange relationship between these two characters. It was an unrealistic but pleasant read for this fall season. 3⭐️

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quietjenn
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Pickpick

Perhaps not perfect, but perfectly delightful. Now to watch the movie again!

jlhammar Love that movie! 12mo
dabbe Rex Harrison was my 1st movie crush because of this movie! 🤩🤩🤩 12mo
tpixie Oh a book! I loved the movie & TV show! 12mo
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My favorite fictional spirit is Captain Gregg from the tagged book. I don‘t picture him as depicted on this vintage dust jacket, though. Rex Harrison and Edward Mulhare are more my taste in sea captains. 😄

#SundayFunday

dabbe I had the biggest crush on him after seeing this movie! 🤩🤩🤩 13mo
LeahBergen I do love that vintage cover, though! 13mo
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen So do I, especially the way it mirrors the film clip. But I always think Captain Gregg should have a beard. 13mo
rubyslippersreads @dabbe Me too. I think I was about 10 the first time I saw the movie. 😄 13mo
BookmarkTavern Oh fun! Thanks for answering! 13mo
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Deblovestoread
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Listened to this on my way home today. Can‘t wait to rewatch the movie. #Scarathlon #BatBrigade

20 pts themed book, 130 readathon and 1 pt participation = 151 pts

Catsandbooks 🙌🏼👻💙 14mo
dabbe LOVE this movie! Have yet to read the book! 🧡🎃🧡 14mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Oooh, I adore this movie! The books on my mount TBR. I‘ll have to make a point of getting to it next spooky season. 14mo
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JenlovesJT47
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I‘ve always enjoyed this movie (1947), although I haven‘t seen it in awhile. I came across the #audiobook on Audible Plus. It‘s only 5 hours or so and is quite enjoyable. Very easy listening and soothing to listen to around bedtime. I will say I like the character of Lucy better in the movie. She‘s a bit too uptight and naive for my tastes sometimes in the book. But the narrator is great! Such a fun ghost story. 3.75⭐️

#classic
#paranormal

rubyslippersreads One of my very favorite books, movies, and TV shows. 3y
JenlovesJT47 @rubyslippersreads I didn‘t know it was a tv show until after I finished the book! Would love to see it, maybe I can track it down somewhere. The movie is great! I‘m a big fan of Gene Tierney 🤓 3y
rubyslippersreads @JenlovesJT47 I think there are episodes on YouTube. Edward Mulhare makes quite a dashing Captain Gregg. 3y
CatLass007 I used to enjoy watching the TV show when I was a child. Then several years ago I saw the movie. Now I‘m listening to the book. I think I did this kind of backwards. 1y
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VanessaCW
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I thought this was a lovely, sweet little read. It‘s quite humorous, too. I loved the characters. I would class it as more of a novella than a novel as it‘s fairly short at under 200 pages.

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Liatrek
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Always Loved the movie with Rex Harrison and wanted to read the book. The movie followed the book pretty closely with only some minor understandable changes. I enjoyed the audio book and can‘t wait to watch the movie again.

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I adore this movie! I‘ll definitely have to check the book out. ❤️ 4y
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ToniO
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This book is so sweet, and easy on my mind. I actually saw the movie first (with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney), and it's pretty faithful to the book.

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bookandbedandtea
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I don't know quite was I was expecting but whatever it was this wasn't it. I had trouble deciding if this was a pick or a so-so but there were some clever turns of phrase & some lines that made me laugh &, most of all, reflections from Lucy on the joys of quiet and solitude (like the one above) which pushed this over to a pick for me. All the same I'm glad it was short & that it's over. I suspect I'd like the movie much better, maybe I'll try it.

Lauren.Archer I did not know this was a book. I just love the movie 6y
bookandbedandtea @Lauren.Archer I've heard really good things about the movie 6y
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I didn't much mind the Victorian attitudes on display in this book as it was actually written then- I even found Lucy's silliness a little charming, esp when she waxes poetic about the quiet life she's arranged for herself- but this infuriated me. She (pretty much) came to her senses but I'm now glad this book is so short as I'm not sure I want to spend much more time with her. 😠

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bookandbedandtea
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Current read. I'm reading at work when I can grab a few minutes here and there. 😉🤫

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Bookish2
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😘 📚🐉

rubyslippersreads Swoon! 💓 6y
Bookish2 Absolutely 6y
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I love this movie!! I got a sample a couple years ago and today it‘s on sale!! Guess what I‘m going to be reading!?!?!? I‘m so thrilled 😍😍📚🐉

rubyslippersreads I‘m so happy they finally brought it back in print (and ebook). I paid way too much for a hardcover years ago. 😊 6y
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One of my very favorite books is on sale for Kindle today. 😊 #kindledeal #ebookdeal

DivineDiana Thank you! Going to add to my ebooks now! 6y
JoRead Thanks for sharing! Sounds like a great read for October 6y
HKGirl Oohh...never heard of this but it sounds intriguing! Now I want to watch the movie too. 6y
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Liatrek Love this movie and been meaning to get the book to read 😊 6y
tournevis I only know the movie and the series. 6y
Sarah83 What is it about? 6y
rubyslippersreads @Sarah83 It‘s about a young English widow who moves into a house haunted by the ghost of a dashing sea captain. I ❤️ the book and the movie. 6y
Sarah83 @rubyslippersreads is it very creepy? 🙈 6y
rubyslippersreads @Sarah83 It‘s only very mildly scary. More fun, romantic, and old-fashioned. 6y
Joy0201 Oh I love this movie! 6y
Bookish2 I‘ve got a sample of this book and loved it, I‘ve been waiting and hoping it would go on sale!! Thanks for the heads up 😍😍📚🐉 6y
Sarah83 Maybe I should have a look 😊 6y
rubyslippersreads @Sarah83 You should I. 😊 And watch the movie too. 💓 6y
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DivineDiana
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I have not read the book... yet. The movie that I did see is Old Hollywood. You can find it shown on TCM, now and then. Romance with a handsome #ghost sea captain. #octoberxfiles #ghosts

Cathythoughts Love old Hollywood so much ❤️ 6y
DivineDiana @Cathythoughts As do I! Love the writing, the ability to suggest rather than be explicit and the costumes! 6y
Cathythoughts Yes ! All that ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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SkeletonKey I‘ve heard really good things about this book. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Love this movie! 6y
MaGoose I haven't read the book, but have seen the b/w movie with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney, so yes, a great Old Hollywood movie. I also vaguely remember the TV series with Hope Lange that ran from the late 60s to early 70s. Although the series was cute, the movie is better. I borrow the movie from my local library once in a while. 6y
Dragon I love the movie 🎥 I‘ll rewatch it whenever the TC Channel plays it. 👻❤️ 6y
Liatrek One of my all time favorite old movies ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
Cinfhen 👻❤️👻 6y
tammysue ❤️ the movie 6y
Leftcoastzen I remember the TV show , haven‘t seen the whole movie.Love the cover! 6y
rubyslippersreads This is the best cover I‘ve ever seen! 6y
DivineDiana @SkeletonKey With all this Love, I had to buy it on a Kindle deal today! 6y
DivineDiana @Leftcoastzen @rubyslippersreads It is a great cover! ❤️ 6y
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1. The only nighttime photo I have on my phone- Guy Fawkes night 2016 🎆
2. My mum's cooking, so no clue yet 😂
3. Tagged book ☝
4. Crafty supplies to make Christmas presents 🎁
5. My necropsy guide book 🤔 (I'm sat at my desk, so nothing interesting around!)

#HumpDayPost @MinDea

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KerriNTurner
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A little evening reading and snacking (on some carrot cake just pulled out of the oven!).

Liatrek I love this movie! I need to find this book🙂 7y
Ms_T Yummy! 7y
KerriNTurner @Liatrek it's the movie that made me want to read the book too 😊 7y
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KerriNTurner
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#junetunz #afterlife Adore the movie based on this love story between a widow and a foul-mouthed sea captain ghost. The book is in the pile next to my bed, will hopefully get to it soon!

EvieBee I adore the movie too! Had no idea it was based on a book. 7y
Cinfhen Sounds good 7y
KerriNTurner @EvieBee84 I didn't either until recently. It's just recently been broughht back into print too! 7y
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How romantic to #sail around the world with Captain Gregg! Plus a #duckquote for @DuckOfDoom 😄#lyricalapril

Jenshootsweddings Oh I love this movie ❤❤ 8y
Arbol I didn't know this was a book! I used to watch this movie with my gram. I will definitely check this out. 8y
CrowCAH OMG love love love this movie; so well done! 😍 8y
Cinfhen Fabulous 💞💞 8y
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KerriNTurner
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Currently watching The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Really want to track down a copy of the book one day! Anyone read it?

CrowCAH I love that movie!!! ❤️ 8y
KerriNTurner @CrowCAH it's so sweet, I unashamedly well up at the ending 😊 8y
CrowCAH @KerriNTurner me too, it's very touching. 8y
rubyslippersreads I love the book, and it's back in print now. 8y
KerriNTurner @rubyslippersreads that's amazing, thanks for letting me know! I've bought a copy now, can't wait to read 😊 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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#Witchorghost? Easy--I'd be the ghost OF Mrs. Muir! 😍 #octphotochallenge

JenlovesJT47 The movie is great! 8y
KVanRead ❤️❤️❤️I had such a crush on him when I was a kid. Yeah, I was a weird kid.😂 8y
Theresa I love this movie! ❤️ 8y
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Gissy I liked the movie! Wow I saw it long time ago, I should see it again! 8y
Eyelit I had no idea this was a book! I love the movie. 😍 8y
Dragon Great choice! That's a favourite movie 🎥 8y
rubyslippersreads @KVanRead Join the crowd. 😄 8y
rubyslippersreads @JenlovesJT47 @theresa @Gissy @Eyelit @Dragon The book isn't exactly like the movie, but I love both. 8y
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FishTurner
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My friend sent me this special gift. A ghost story for the Halloween season.

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rubyslippersreads
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One of my favorite books (and movies) ...

shawnmooney Wow, you have such interesting taste in books! 8y
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Christy2318
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The movie was fantastic so I am on a quest for the book.

acg I read the book years ago and liked it, but not near as much as I love the film. (But my love for the film knows no end so there's that) 8y
quirkyreader I found my copy in a charity shop. Try looking there. 8y
rubyslippersreads I love the book only slightly less than the movie (and remember the TV show fondly as well). The book is available on Amazon as both a paperback and for Kindle. 8y
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