History Film / TheUninvited1944

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Not to be confused with 2009 horror film ''[[Film/TheUninvited2009 The Uninvited]]'', which is completely unrelated (it's a remake of Korean film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'').

''The Uninvited'' is a 1944 horror film directed by Lewis Allen, starring Creator/RayMilland.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: Adapted from the novel ''Uneasy Freehold'' (published in the U.S. as ''The Uninvited'') by Irish author Dorothy Macardle.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: Adapted from the novel ''Uneasy Freehold'' by Irish author Dorothy Macardle.

* YouCanSeeThatRight: After hearing the sound of the sobbing ghost, Pamela asks Rick "You're hearing it too?"

''The Uninvited'' is a 1944 film directed by Lewis Allen, starring Creator/RayMilland.

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* BilingualBonus: After the spirit of Mary manifests itself at the seance and claims that it is there to protect Mary, the wine glass is flung across the room and Stella is possessed by the spirit of Carmel, who starts angrily muttering in Spanish. Carmel is actually saying TheReveal.

* HauntedHouse: Well there had to be a reason why Windwood Manor, a splendid old house with a stunning view of the ocean sold for only £1200.

Rick and Pamela Fitzgerald (Milland and Ruth Hussey) are fully-grown siblings who for some reason still live together and take vacations together. While on vacation in Cornwall, they stumble upon Windwood Manor, a beautiful old house on the coast with a commanding view of the ocean. It is unoccupied, and when they find the owner, Commodore Beech (Donald Crisp), he is willing to sell for a surprisingly low price. Rick and Pamela move in, and Rick soon falls for Commodore Beech's lovely granddaughter, Stella (Gail Russell).

''The Uninvited'' is one of the oldest "scary ghost" stories ever made. Previous ghost movies either played ghosts for comedy (''Film/{{Topper}}'') or revealed the ghosts to be a trick or hoax (''Film/TheCatAndTheCanary'').

Rick and Pamela Fitzgerald (Milland and Ruth Hussey) are fully-grown siblings who for some reason still live together and take vacations together. While on vacation in Cornwall, they stumble upon Windwood Manor, a beautiful old house on the coast with a commanding view of the ocean. It is unoccupied, and when they find the owner, Commodore Beech (Donald Crisp), he is willing to sell for a surprisingly low price. Rick and Pamela move in, and Rick falls for Commodore Beech's lovely granddaughter, Stella (Gail Russell).

Rick and Pamela Fitzgerald (Milland and Ruth Hussey) are fully-grown siblings who for some reason still live together and take vacations together. While on vacation in Cornwall, they stumble upon Windwood Manor, a beautiful old house on the coast with a commanding view of the ocean. It is unoccupied, and when they find the owner, Commodore Beech, he is willing to sell for a surprisingly low price. Rick and Pamela move in, and Rick falls for Commodore Beech's lovely granddaughter, Stella.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Miss Holloway, the woman who once was a nurse in the Meredith household, is coded as a lesbian who was in love with Mary Meredith. She seems way too fond of Mary, having named her sanitarium after Mary and hung a huge portrait of Mary in her office. She refers to Mary as "darling".

* EvilDetectingDog: Rick and Pamela's dog refuses to climb the stairs to the second floor of the house, where the presence of the ghosts is strongest. Eventually it flees the house altogether. Lizzie the housekeeper's cat also refuses to go upstairs.

* HotGypsyWoman: In the backstory, as Carmel the Spanish gypsy became Mr. Meredith's lover.

* BilingualBonus: After the spirit of Mary manifests itself at the seance and claims that it is there to protect Mary, the wine glass is flung across the room and Stella is possessed by the spirit of Carmel, who starts angrily muttering in Spanish. Carmel is actually saying that Mary is telling lies and that her love was stolen from her.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Miss Holloway, the woman who once was a nurse in the Meredith household, is coded as a lesbian who was in love with Mary Meredith. She seems way too fond of Mary, having named her sanitarium after Mary and hung a huge portrait of Mary in her office. She refers to Mary as "darling". She reminisces to Rick and Pamela about how she and Mary would sit up together and talk about how they were going to conquer the world. (And the hint of a lesbian relationship would explain why Mary was apparently willing to tolerate her husband's affair.)

* EvilDetectingDog: Rick and Pamela's dog refuses to climb the stairs to the second floor of the house, where the presence of the ghosts is strongest. Eventually it flees the house altogether.

Rick and Pamela Fitzgerald (Milland and Ruth Hussey) are fully-grown siblings who for some reason still live together and take vacations together. While on vacation in Cornwall, they stumble upon a beautiful old house on the coast with a commanding view of the ocean. It is unoccupied, and when they find the owner, Commodore Beech, he is willing to sell for a surprisingly low price. Rick and Pamela move in, and Rick falls for Commodore Beech's lovely granddaughter, Stella.

* HauntedHouse: Well there had to be a reason why a splendid old house with a stunning view of the ocean sold for only £1200.

* GhostlyGoals: Type A and Type B in the same house. Carmel turns out to be Type A, trying to protect her daughter, while Mary is the evil Type B trying to lure Stella over the cliff.\