Leave Her to Heaven | Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde | "She loved her father too much"

Leave Her to Heaven | Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde | leave her to heaven

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Leave Her to Heaven

	Leave Her to Heaven Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde 20th Century Fox, 2005 average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Leave Her To Heaven is a stylish psychological thriller starring Gene Tierney as Ellen, the stunningly beautiful wife of handsome writer Richard Harland, played by Cornel Wilde. Ellen panics as her perfect marriage unravels and Harland's work and invalid brother demand more and more of his attention. Her husband becomes unnerved by her compulsive and jealous behavior. And when the people close to him are murdered, one by one, it is obvious that this dream marriage has become a full-fledged nightmare. Based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams. This film won the Oscar(r) for Best Cinematography (Color) and received three other Academy Award(r) nominations: Best Actress for Gene Tierney, Best Sound Recording, and Best Art Direction (Color)/Interior Decoration.

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"She loved her father too much"

Here's a quick note, if an engaged woman starts beaming about how much you remind her of her dead father, breaks her engagement within a few days, and tries to get you to marry her about a couple weeks(if that) of knowing each other, RUN!

There are two spectrums regarding the nightmare wife. One is is completely uncaring of her spouse and becomes a apathetic shrew, the other side is the excessively jealous wife who turns any other contact into a nightmare. Ellen was the latter. In her deranged mind, she's replacing the father whom she smothered and lead to an early grave, and her new husband is the replacement, and gets the same treatment as she destroys anyone who dares take his attention away from her. Just because someone is gone doesn't mean they can't still destroy you.

The plot is brilliantly paced, the final scene satisfying, and the acting(for the most part) is top notch. I was actually quite surprised at how dark this movie was given when it was made, so don't let the Technicolor fool you.

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leave her to heaven

i got the dvd for my mother,she loves it,she said it is a great movie

Leave her to Heaven

This is a wonderful old movie, with greater substance than many we see today. Enjoy it as I did.

Beautiful Poison...

Ellen (Gene Tierney) is a beautiful, intelligent young woman. She is outwardly perfect in every regard. Unfortunately, she is lacking some things internally. Ellen has no conscience. She also lacks compassion, empathy, and a few other human qualities. Ellen lives only to please herself, by any means necessary. Along comes a handsome, successful writer (Cornel Wilde) who catches Ellen's eye. She wants him, but wait, she's already engaged to be married to another man (Vincent Price). No problem! In Ellen's mind, all she needs to do is remove her engagement ring and move on. She'll marry the writer now. This comes as quite a shock to both men involved. This is just the way Ellen thinks and lives her life. No one else matters. They are all mere pawns to help her get her own satisfaction. Sometimes these pawns get in her way, as if they were of some importance. Ellen must find a way to deal w/ such naughty "people". She will have her way, no matter what she must do to achieve it. Her new husband's younger, handicapped brother is in Ellen's way. He won't stop bleeding away her husband's attention. He's needy. What will Ellen do to solve this problem? The answer to this question is the key to her blackened soul. As Cornel Wilde says later, she is a woman who is "capable of anything". LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN is a dark, sinister story, disturbing in it's malevolence. It must have been a genuine shocker in 1945! Gene Tierney plays Ellen so well it's frightening. She captures pure sociopathy in words, gestures, and glances that kill on contact. This is an ageless horror classic...

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