Enchantment (1948 film)

Enchantment 1948 is a romantic film starring David Niven and Teresa Wright, directed by Irving Reis, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the novel Take Three Tenses by Rumer Godden.

Interspersed flashbacks reveal the history of the Dane family. The first takes place when Rollo Peter Miles is a child. He and his older siblings, Selina and Pelham Warwick Gregson, are introduced to Lark Ingoldsby Gigi Perreau by their father Colin KeithJohnston. He explains that her parents have been killed in a railway accident and that she will be living with them as a member of the family. Selina immediately resents the newcomer.The second flashback occurs when the children have grown up. Rolands father has died, leaving Selina played as an adult by Jayne Meadows in charge of Lark Teresa Wright, whom she treats more like a servant than a member of the family. Rollo David Niven returns on leave from the army. When Lark asks Pelham Philip Friend for a dress, the first that would not be a handmedown from Selina, he realizes that she is growing up and invites her to a dance. She becomes acquainted with the Marchese Guido De Laudi Shepperd Strudwick, a business associate of Pelhams. ........

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