The Lost Moment (1947)
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- 1h 29min
- Drama, Film-Noir
- 21 Nov 1947 (USA)
- Movie
A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.
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Cast
| Robert Cummings | ... |
Lewis Venable
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| Susan Hayward | ... |
Tina Bordereau
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| Agnes Moorehead | ... |
Juliana Borderau
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| Joan Lorring | ... |
Amelia
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| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... |
Father Rinaldo
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| John Archer | ... |
Charles
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| Frank Puglia | ... |
Pietro
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| Minerva Urecal | ... |
Maria
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William Edmunds | ... |
Vittorio
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Ed Agresti | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Eugene Borden | ... |
Alberto - Proprietor (uncredited)
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| Gino Corrado | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Peter Cusanelli | ... |
Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
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| Christian Drake | ... |
Young Man (uncredited)
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Lloyd Ford | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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| Martin Garralaga | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Duke Green | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Micholas Khadarik | ... |
Singer (uncredited)
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Max Linder | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Saverio LoMedico | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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| Donna Martell | ... |
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
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| Lillian Molieri | ... |
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
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Ernesto Molinari | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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| Julian Rivero | ... |
Storyteller (uncredited)
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Wallace Stark | ... |
Sketch Artist (uncredited)
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| Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Robert Verdaine | ... |
Young Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Martin Gabel | ||
Written by
| Leonardo Bercovici | ... | (screenplay) |
| Henry James | ... | (based on the novel "The Aspern Papers") |
Produced by
| Walter Wanger | ... | producer |
Music by
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | ||
Cinematography by
| Hal Mohr | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Milton Carruth | ||
Art Direction by
| Alexander Golitzen | ||
Set Decoration by
| Russell A. Gausman | ... | (set decorations) |
| Ken Swartz | ... | (set decorations) (as Kenneth Swartz) |
Costume Design by
| Travis Banton | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
| Carmen Dirigo | ... | hair stylist |
| Bud Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Horace Hough | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Charles Felstead | ... | sound |
| Jess Moulin | ... | sound (as Jesse Moulin) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweler (uncredited) |
Music Department
| David Tamkin | ... | orchestrations |
Production Companies
- Walter Wanger Productions (presents)
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1947) (United States) (theatrical) (as A Universal-International Release)
- Empire Universal Films (1947) (Canada) (theatrical)
- General Film Distributors (GFD) (1947) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as General Film Distributors, Ltd. {GFD})
- Universal Pictures Proprietary (1948) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1950) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Mundus Television (1954) (United States) (tv)
- National Telefilm Associates (NTA) (1958) (United States) (tv)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- Koch Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Film Noir Collection)
- Olive Films (2012) (United States) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Olive Films (2013) (Canada) (DVD)
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) 13 (2018) (World-wide) (tv) (syndication)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (acknowledgement)
- Republic Pictures (I) (VHS package design)
Storyline
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In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of early-19th-century poet Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Henry James based the story on an anecdote he had heard when he was in Florence, Italy, in 1879. Claire Clairmont, the half-sister of Percy Bysshe Shelley's wife Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra, was still alive and related how an unscrupulous Shelley devotee had posed as a lodger in order to find any unpublished papers. After the aged Claire died, her niece offered the papers to him, but at a price. See more » |
| Goofs | When Lewis rescues Juliana from the fire, Juliana's stunt double can be seen grabbing onto Lewis and helping him carry 'her' out. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Myra Breckinridge (1970). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Fenesta che lucive See more » |
| Quotes |
Lewis Venable:
In that fearfully incredible moment I knew I had plunged off a precipice into the past. That here was Juliana beyond belief, beautiful, alluring, alive. How strange this was, this Tina, who walked dead among the living and living among the dead, filling me with a nameless fear! I had a sudden impulse to turn and leave, and then I remembered the letters. See more » |