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<html> <head> <title>The Uninvited</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Uninvited <nobr>(16-Oct-1944)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/730/000255962/">Lewis Allen</a><p><b>Writers:</b> Dodie Smith; Frank Partos<p><b>From novel:</b> <i>Uneasy Freehold</i> by Dorothy Macardle<p><b>Music Score:</b> Victor Young<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/803/000083554/">Mystery</a>, <a href="/lists/734/000083485/">Ghost</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000031596/"><font size=-1>Donald Crisp</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-May-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Silent film actor, survived into talkies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000110083/"><font size=-1>Ruth Hussey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Philadelphia Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/814/000042688/"><font size=-1>Ray Milland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Mar-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Lost Weekend</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/853/000086595/"><font size=-1>Alan Napier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Alfred on <i>Batman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000080571/"><font size=-1>Gail Russell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Sep-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Aug-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Angel and the Badman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000205562/"><font size=-1>Cornelia Otis Skinner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-May-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jul-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Paris '90</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000092335/"><font size=-1>Dorothy Stickney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Broadway star of <i>Life With Father</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/814/000042688/">Ray Milland</a></td><td>   ...   Roderick Fitzgerald</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/413/000110083/">Ruth Hussey</a></td><td>   ...   Pamela Fitzgerald</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/689/000031596/">Donald Crisp</a></td><td>   ...   Cmdr. Beech</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">with</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/180/000205562/">Cornelia Otis Skinner</a></td><td>   ...   Miss Holloway</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/611/000092335/">Dorothy Stickney</a></td><td>   ...   Miss Bird</td></tr><tr><td>Barbara Everest</td><td>   ...   Lizzie Flynn</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/853/000086595/">Alan Napier</a></td><td>   ...   Dr. Scott</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and introducing</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/811/000080571/">Gail Russell</a></td><td>   ...   Stella Meredith</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><b>Review by Clifton Reed</b> (posted on 10-Feb-2005)<p>Last Sunday, I was watching the Turner Network, which I do not usually do. They were featuring films that had won the Academy Award for best cinematography. One such film, <i>The Uninvited</i> was featured that day.<p> The film is basically a ghost story that is well done and acceptable to modern day movie fans. However, that was not the major excitement of the film for me.<p> I am a jazz fan and musician who loves to play American standards. This film has a theme song that will be near and dear to the heart of any jazz musician who studies their fake book. Because I was not alive during the popularity of the film, finding the origin of a song is really exciting.<p> The film's protagonist played by Gail Russell (Stella), is a shy and unassuming character. In life she died a sad death to alcoholism. However, in this film, she was the center of the theme song, "Stella by Star Light".<p> Although the film maybe long forgotten; the song lives on. Any jazz musician is familiar with it; you may hear it played at any venue to this day. 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