Elizabeth Taylor: "Even at eighteen I learned so much by just watching Spence... it was his sense of stillness, his ability to use economy of movement, vocal economy. It seemed almost effortless. It seemed as if he wasn't doing anything, and yet he was doing everything. It came so subtly out of his eyes. Every muscle in his face."
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett adapted Edward Streeter's novel, and were Oscar nominated, but lost to All About Eve.
Spencer's dream scene is a doozy:
There are claims that this was designed by Salvador Dali, but I can't substantiate that anywhere and so think it to be an urban myth.
With Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G Carroll.
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