The Innocents, 1961

[@davidbarr8394]

Faultless film, over 60 years on and still frightens the hell out of the viewer. Exceptional screenplay, wonderful acting, especially from Kerr, great direction. This is a great one. Thanks.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

You're welcome!

[@coreynmarie]

what a striking film. amazing performances and was generally terrifying! the atmosphere and everything was so well done. a new favorite for me.

[@paulinekeown2472]

It's an incredible film, isn't it? One of my all time favorites.

[@lauriefrancisco1084]

One of my all-time fav ghost stories! So well done and still frightening! The children were chilling!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BrianVincent-gz2dq]

They were superb.

[@michaelmcclure7434]

I've been meaning to see this for years. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. Great ghosts, superb lighting, excellent acting, but I think the scariest thing was that smile Pamela Franklin would get.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Yes! I'm glad you got a to seeit!

[@tonithenightowl1836]

I don't know if that maniacal smile was intentional by the director or something Pamela managed on her own at 11 yrs old. She looked about 8 yrs old in the movie which made it creepier yet. lol :o)

[@lauramaguire5152]

What accomplished child actors. You felt a menacing presence all the way through. Playing the parts calmly and with an air of friendship you didn’t quite know what to believe. Did you root for them or were the evil, chilling. You have given me the experience of another amazing film ❤

[@sansserif8839]

My sympathy for Miss Giddens and the children has eroded over time. I'm now critical of Miss Giddens' innocence. This is my favorite version of the story, though, with superior performances across board. I forget that only four actors carry the whole film and it's still hypnotic. The children did give an amazing and eerie performance.

[@pauldesjardins8166]

Thank you for posting this film. It was on a PBS show called Film Classics in the late 1990s. I only saw it up to the point where the governess sees the face in the window. I watched it all this time. There were some outstanding films made in the early 1960s. The Haunting is another feature that I liked. You have an impressive number of views.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you! I had The Haunting up here but it got totally blocked. :(

[@Elainerulesutube]

KZbin would block anything!​@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace

[@jetjudson4642]

Thank you so much for posting this version, it has always been my favourite and first one I ever saw. I agree the BBC one was great (Im in Scotland, UK) but never got over how scary this one was for me many years ago, especially the boy. None have ever equalled this one. :)

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@melodiefrances3898]

The great Deborah Karr. I'm so glad they gave her an honorary oscar ❤❤❤

[@johnd.cooney5975]

Classic ghost story, my aunt May, told me of the scariest ghost story, many years ago. "The Turn of the Screw" A GREAT movie ! Deborah Kerr, was beautiful in her day. R.I.P.

[@MorticiaMunster]

I loved seeing the interior of your beautiful house! I found it more pleasant than the black out background. :) Thanks for uploading so many features of my favorite gothic lady Barbara Steele :) She is utterly enchanting and captivating

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you! I prefer no background but someone said my house wasn;t mysterious enough.

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Fabulous flick, absolutely love ❤it.

[@D.N..]

One of the better gothic horror films made. Superb use of light, shadows, darkness . Great dialogue, acting and character interaction. Still a top notch film all these years later

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Couldn't agree more!

[@MrTwelvecaesars]

Terrific comments on this channel and just the type of movies I love most. Kerr was an amazing actress really one of the best.

[@CinemaLover1900]

One of the great, but underrated, horrir films. Jack Clayton,'s masterpiece. Henry James would be proud how the story's two possible meanings are so balanced out.

[@alvinprettyman1802]

thanks for posting havn't seen this since the 1960s

[@andrewstephenson184]

Perfectly cast - the little girl scared me to death

[@sansserif8839]

Miles scares me.

[@BrianVincent-gz2dq]

Bristol, England, born and bred. I shall be 65 on the 08/04/24. This film has been a childhood memory never forgotten. So glad to stumble upon it today.(Or led?). I was convinced Miles died falling in the house, having tripped on a minor step. Amazing how false memories attach themselves to you. I almost feel exorcised having now seen this for the second time, some 50+ years later. We Brits of my age have always been embarrassed by how badly our child actors perform, even now, whereas American child actors, for example, are superb. However, Flora and Miles deliver two OUTSTANDING performances. A film that has always stayed with me. A superb adaptation so beautifully constructed and performed, which still sent a chill down my spine today, and possibly shall do so on my next revisit, which shall be my 3rd. I shall leave it at least a year, curious as to how I shall react, having, today, exorcised the ghost, as they say, (no pun intended), courtesy of today's 2nd viewing. Within my top 10, for sure.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Its a really great film. I'm glad it was here for you!

[@BrianVincent-gz2dq]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Thank you.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

I remember reading “The Turn of the Screw” in high school, and then again many years later. Still one of the most horrifying books I’ve ever read. And although this is a very good film….the book was better! Thanks for posting!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

It's very evocative and disturbing indeed!

[@PinkyPuff69]

Oh, I love this movie!

[@michaellehmbeck8671]

Thank you so much for the great commentary and the great Ghost Story, I really appreciate it!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Our pleasure!

[@cloudeye7]

Loved it! I hadn't watched this film for over 20 years.

[@JosephRGrych]

I've seen many movie versions of this story but this is the absolute best and my very favorite.

[@mars-L818]

J'adore vos présentations de films et des acteurs. Vous êtes mon abonnement préféré.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you so much!

[@scarletibis3158]

Excellent tidbits! thank you very much.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Very welcome!

[@tonyfromconey2164]

One of the scariest films I have ever seen.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Well, you've come to the right place.

[@DeniseIreland-i1q]

Great movie! Thank you so much for sharing it! Blessings

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anonymousbyname1121]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

My pleasure!

[@lamatanteestcontente]

I appreciate you, thank you!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I appreciate that!

[@RedcoatsReturn]

I well remember this story and the film…a young Peter Wyngarde. I saw this the play on stage (The Turn of The Screw) as a student in Cambridge 1979..it was brilliant too 😉

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I wonder how many plays and movies have been made of it. The Innocents started out as play that Truman Capote adapted.

[@DuanTorruellas]

Turns out the house keeper was right after all about waking children from a dream can shock them. The uncle is gonna be pissed. Brilliant film every time i watch it i see something new.

[@sanjanewmoonlife]

Uncle never cares for these children

[@jared1870]

I don't know, each time you take a gamble with a film, I come out a winner. Thank you.

[@johnshort5003]

This film scared the crap out of me when I was about ten. More scary than the book, in fact.

[@nakfoor1846]

Thanks for posting this, we enjoyed the film.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@susanmeadows627]

Great movie. I haven't seen this in years. Thank you for sharing!👍❤️🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sansserif8839]

Thanks for this impeccable film, which I watch every few years when I can find it.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

You're very welcome!

[@lesawilkes5673]

timeless gothic! great film! thanks.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paritosh558]

Thank you very much for this film!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Our pleasure!

[@Peaceharmony-q9v]

Thank you for uploading this, I have seen this version before on KZbin a few times but wanted to listen to your commentary at the beginning. I hope it doesn't get taken down. You were right about the Lynn Redgrave version - the boy was too old, he looked around 16 at least! A pity because Lynn Redgrave played the governess really well. But the two children here are perfect.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for enjoying the commentary too.

[@ianedwards4400]

Yes, this was truly a classic of the 60's with the lovely Deborah Kerr playing the governess. It was spine tingling, creepy, eerie and nerve shattering at times. Yes, the ghost takes possession of the boy and then takes his life. In 1958, The Horror of Dracula invigorated the horror genre, only to paralyze it with flaccid follow ups about vampires and zombies, none of which had the scaring effect of the Dracula franchise starring that incomparable great star and actor, Christopher Lee. In the late 60's, early 70's Dracula was back with a bang/fang to electrify audiences with a number of stomach churning, blood curdling hits like Dracula has risen from the grave, Taste blood of Dracula. It was a given that Dracula [Chris Lee] was the key catalyst for the scare obsession. The most successful horror movies came from Hammer Films and to this day never one could ever replace them.

[@Falconlibrary]

"Yes, the ghost takes possession of the boy and then takes his life." You mean the "ghost" no one but Miss Giddens has ever seen? You sure that the ghost of Peter Quint killed Miles...or was it an insane Miss Giddens?

[@HollyFormolo]

Your commentary & background knowledge is just as commanding as the film itself- as well as James' Screw.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

The Innocence is a memorable masterpiece… before I actually wash the film. I took pictures of some vintage films including this one and I created some music that would’ve been something that sounds like the 1960s are supposed to today’s commercial music due to the fact that I like organs and the way I put it together. It’s just not commercial in today’s world, but yesterday is commercial masterpieces or some thing that completely inspires me and this is one of the best films I’ve ever seen just absolutely mesmerizing. Thank you so much for sharing this video. I’m glad that you love this film as I do.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I'm glad you like it too!

[@1SeanBond]

Appreciate your efforts and quality content you post! We sure enjoy these movie's as so many don't get shown anymore...Ty for the time it takes to uploaded the movie's & the awesome work on your explanation and commentary! Cheers friend ✌🤝⚘

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

My pleasure! I'm glad you like these!

[@chuckmcbuck9199]

The reason these average to awful movies are still free is because they meet the "Social Engineering" criteria that Google wants. They have laid claim to so many movies by remastering and then filing copyright domaine. Like Albert Einswine ... "The World's Greatest Patent Thief" ... he was a clerk in the office ... Not some genius.

[@AllenMacCannell]

The progenitor of "Dark Shadows." In the TV series starting in 1965, the ghost Quint became Quentin and his music box melody was different from in this movie. The ghost Josette had her own music box theme.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I didn't know Quentin was based on Quint. It makes sense now why David Selby played him that way.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Yes, Dan Curtis utilized a number of literary works in Dark Shadows ...

[@chuckmcbuck9199]

@@melodiefrances3898 Yes... but he was (((TRIBE))) approved for their promotion.

[@asdfvidz]

Fantastic film. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@hoibsh21]

ONe of the greatest horror films I've seen and the most chilling. THanks for enlightening me on The Innocents, Alayne. Btw, there's a version of Carmilla that takes place in the American South during the Civil War that stars Meg Tilly and Ione Skye which is a good production.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I'll have to check out the Carmilla one. I don't think I've ever heard of it. Thank you!

[@yvonnepeltier9815]

That poem Miles recites is sooo creepy..."leaving the marks from his grave on my floor"...*shudder*

[@eddiereedbigband1]

The poem was apparently written by William Archibald for his stage play adaptation of the Henry James novella Turn of the Screw. Many years ago, long before the internet I researched this poem. I remember finding a reference to the poem being written by a Catholic Nun. The cryptic and romantic overtones of the lyric seem to be consistent with it possibly being written by a nun. After all Catholic Nuns are married to Jesus.

[@mariameere5807]

Thank you so much for this, your newest biggest fan! 🙏 🕯✨🪬✨🕯

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

You are so welcome

[@mariameere5807]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace because of what you said in the beginning about this version being different and I have been putting off watching a 90s made American version (well the actress is American playing English) available on KZbin under a different name than a turn of the screw called the haunting of “something like m something manor- forgive my memory!! As I said I didn’t watch it but bc of my “different” I like to say memory if I leave a book of film a bit longer it’s almost like watching it all over! Depending on whether I first saw it before I was put on this medication! Lol seriously though the second time is like watching the whole thing all over!! Lol 😂 temporary situation I will be weaned off eventually…. But you made me enjoy it so much more and spoilers alert 🚨 I got it right she was insane right? A bit like I must sound right about now! Lol 😂 oh god! I, thank the goddess, stopped looking outside myself for other’s approval before I was on these meds! Just as well eh? See, that was so well done that I would have thought it was an English production, and I live here so her accent was amazingly spot on! Extra blessings enjoy your break! Did you say you were going on a break?!

[@eddiereedbigband1]

Great choice here with wonderful commentary. Thank you for shinning a light on this under appreciated masterpiece.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you kindly!

[@dorey6167]

Love your movies 😍

[@EyeofAffinado]

Thank you - you are wonderful

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you kindly!

[@SecretAmericaPodcast]

Just went to see Nosferatu yesterday on Christmas. The filmmaker said before the show he found inspiration from The Innocents. Couldn’t find anywhere! Pararmount+ had for awhile. So thank you for posting! Can’t wait to watch!

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Interesting! I'm glad I had it for you.

[@mattstonier3067]

I found this most intriguing. The words, she spoke to Miles about what's the man's name etc, just so raw. Then he passed, just like that, so hard to process. The setting was very eerie, my mums house is all Victorian and so similar.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I love those houses! You're so lucky!

[@kvk1960]

Truman Capote screenplay!?! I am salivating! But such creepy children...😮😮😮

[@sanfrancisco89]

I love it. The sexually repressed Victorian world, as experienced by a likely virgin woman who repression becomes imagined apparitions and the subtle eroticization of a child, who himself is merely filled with rage at a series of loses and by being unloved by his uncle. Notice how she doesn't pull away from Miles when he kisses her, and instead the kiss lingers. It's all so pre-Freudian. She didn't want to save the children, she wanted to possess them, consume them. She sends the girl away, without much care the note is gone so that the uncle will only hear from Mrs. Grouse, who thinks Miss Giddens is nuts. All because she wants to be "alone" with precocious Miles, but she didn't understand her deeper feelings, no self-reflection then, and it all just leads to death. Great stuff.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Some spoilers in there....Just warning those who don't like spoilers. I don't mind.

[@tracycase4520]

Catching up with the classic spookers while working overseas. "Teaboy steeped in film making" Like what you did there.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Lol!

[@tonithenightowl1836]

I have this movie on DVD. I saw it in the movies as an 8 yr old in 1961. Creeped me out big time. lol Peter was also in Burn Witch Burn (1962) where he plays a professor with a wife ( Janet Blair ) who believes in voodoo/ magic spells and superstitions. Very atmospheric. This has always been one of my favorite ghost story movies. I never knew Kim Novak was a first choice...Deborah nailed this to the wall as only she could. Great commentary and great movie. :o)

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Kim Novak was firsr choice in Eye of the Devil and replaced by Deborah Kerr. Jack Clayton was excited to cast Deborah in The Innocents.

[@tonithenightowl1836]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Don't mind me I'm 70 and usually stoned and relaxing when watching movies at night. lol I'll look up Eye of the Devil bc it doesn't ring a bell. I'm a huge Deborah Kerr fan ...Kim Novak, meh :o)

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

I haven't seen this version for many years. I saw it in the 60s as a kid, and it terrified me. It is still the best version of "Turn of the Screw" ever made, with some reservations. The 1995 "Haunting of Helen Walker" with Valerie Bertinelli as the governess wasn't bad, although they changed names and made her American. It wasn't as good as this, although in the HOHW, the housekeeper was played by Diana Rigg. Diana Rigg was a more convincing Victorian country housekeeper than Megs Jenkins IMHO. Overall however this version remains the best.

[@tonithenightowl1836]

@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw I haven't watched the one with Bertinelli in many years. I loved Diana Rigg since the Avengers and she never disappoints. Now I'll have to watch it again. lol Thanks :o)

[@mcraig1969]

EXCELLENT! This and "The Haunting" (Original version based on "The Haunting of Hill House" by S. Jackson ) are tied for my favorite horror movies of all time!

[@geraldfordman7474]

Deborah Kerr was perfect for the role over anyone. Funny you should mention Drive In Movie. I saw it at the local drive in theatre. The haunting effects are subtle. That's what makes it eerily spooky. So that's Pamela Franklin as a child.

[@paulinekeown2472]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's absolutely beautiful and bone-chilling. It was nice to see this story told in an up-to-date version in Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Bly Manor. If you love The Innocents, you've got to watch Bly Manor. It's incredible.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Fast forward about 15 minutes if you don't like the intros. Copyright is neither expressed nor implied; We do not own any rights this film. All belong to the copyright holders as well as any proceeds that might be attached to this film.

[@StevenParrisWard]

The intro is fascinating.

[@tombaker4586]

The dark is really dark in this movie, love it. Greetings, Tom.

[@Falconlibrary]

In the novelette, the governess was supposed to be an ingenue of 20. Kerr is 40 here, yet somehow manages to embody and project that youthful vulnerability. In the book, James made it very obvious that the governess was in insta-love with the uncle--and the first oddity that slips by the reader until later on is that neither the uncle nor the governess are EVER named. In the movie, the governess gets a name, Miss Giddens. The technique James uses is that of the Unreliable Narrator, where we are forced to see the story through the eyes of someone who may not be telling us the truth, who may believe something that isn't true. That's harder to pull off in a film, but Jack Clayton does a masterful job of creating ambiguity in the film, so that even though we experience the story along with Miss Giddens, we, the audience, also question its veracity.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

The ambiguity in the story lends itself to interpreations and I think one is well done. Also Britten's opera, which has a different take but is really beautiful and very dark.

[@teutonic4270]

i love Deborah Kerr! eye of the devil is another good movie with her

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I had that up here early on. It was deleted. It's one of my faves.

[@teutonic4270]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace i'm glad it's at least available in german on YT

[@hectoreduardo-h3r]

Thank you very much for share MYSTERIOUS , greetings 🖐️😉

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Greetings to you too!

[@davirasdarkside4263]

I'm really hoping she posts again soon ♥ Missing the new movies ♥

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I will post this month of course. I'm trying to decide....

[@davirasdarkside4263]

BRILLIANT! ♥@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace

[@DuanTorruellas]

Oh yes the eye of the devil was a great movie. And ms kerr was in that film as well.❤

[@davidbarr8394]

"Oh look! It's a lovely spider, and it's eating the butterfly!" The asides, the small trifles set up the procession of shocks that lead toward the terrifying conclusion. Give that to James, Capote, et al.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Absolutely! Unnerve that "imaginative" governess!

[@chuckmcbuck9199]

Many of these British Homosexual writers claim they were abused as children.

[@tonykehoe123]

Masterpiece

[@petersolomon5227]

This is one of the finest British films of the mid twentieth century. It certainly is the best film adaptation of Henry James’ “Turn of the Screw”. And there isn’t one aspect of Jack Clayton’s film that disappoints. The director and his screenwriters well understood the nuance of James’ work, and embedded it with rich Freudian symbolism.

[@DianaMarieSix]

The most amazing movie.

[@veronicashackelford3696]

Hello msterious domain! 😢 sorry you have to go soon, i hope you be back😮very soon, i was 6yrs old when this movies, came out. I am checking it out now.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Thank you, I will. I'm moving But will have a new film in October---spooky month!

[@surreygirl2075]

The hell fire club was a very good film

[@scottwallacebaker3074]

Interesting introduction! However may I point out The Lady Vanishes, the Hitchcock film, wasn’t based on an Agatha Christie story, but The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. The closest Hitch came to making a film based on an Agatha Christie story was negotiations to adapt a short story called Accident, probably for Hitch’s television show. Sadly it didn’t eventuate. Hitch wasn’t a fan of surprise endings. He preferred the audience to know whodunnit, and for the audience to be on the edge of their seats, wondering when they’d be found out. An example of this is Vertigo. One film he made that did have a surprise ending, was Psycho, however Hitch ratcheted up the suspense in other ways, and the surprise works well as it’s horrific.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Why was I always tole it was by Agatha Christy? Maybe it just looks like her.

[@JAltman752]

This was probably Martin Stephens’ first kiss when he kissed Deborah Kerr.

[@BrianVincent-gz2dq]

Lucky sod!!!!

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

Just an aside - Kerr's dresses were WAY to fancy for a governess. To get the idea of a governess dress see Bette Davis in All This and Heaven Too. Never mind the critics. THE GHOSTS ARE REAL We have Henry James's word on it as well as Truman Capote. Love, love, love this movie.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Deborah Kerr needed those dresses.

[@masudashizue777]

Love these old ghost films set in magnificent mansions. My question is: don't those skirts get dirty when you walk outside? Just wondering.

[@Student1483]

The bottoms did get dirty. They typically had an additional removable layer of fabric that could be easily washed. That kind of skirt was not practical for a working woman. They had a simpler skirt with ties to pull the dress up if they were doing dirty housework. Do keep in mind that what appears to be a single garment is layers of many pieces. The underlayers (shift, petticoats) would be washed regularly. The actual dress would be washed minimally.

[@thomashall8867]

The Haunting and this one number one in ghost films?

[@michaelgrant7322]

🏆 This is the definitive version of "Turn Of The Screw" and although we now have CGI and all kinds of modern make-up and special effects... New versions of this story don't even come close to the power of this 1961 version. If you need proof... Watch the newest version of this story : The 2020 version starring Mackenzie Davis called "THE TURNING". For all its modern slick trappings it is basically a shallow movie with no emotion or depth. It even seems to "sanitize" the underlying story even though its 50 years newer than this classic version (I just don't understand how in 2020 we actually have to make the plot LESS CONTROVERSIAL than the 50 year old version, and yet they did that)

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I never saw the 2020 one. I tend to be disappointed in remakes. I like this one and the BBC version of the Britten opera.

[@KarlaGentry-w1p]

The haunting of Bly Manor is the new remake of this story

[@raymondgerman6671]

Poor Deborah Kerr’s character has some serious explaining to do. Btw, how do the ladies keep their dresses so clean and fresh looking😊?

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Sure does! As for dresses---they only wear them once. I think.

[@FireflyLightningBug]

Not to gloat, but I own an original hard-back copy thereof, ca 1949. I love this movie... Surreal, enigmatic, eloquent, and although hauntingly hardcore to the bone, yet inspirational! Thanks.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

You have an original copy of Turn of the Screw? That's something! I'm glad you appreciate this film.

[@FireflyLightningBug]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace My mutual appreciation likewise... My volume is not the Author's 1st original publication, I'm sure. But one of several 1949 (large print) hard-back deluxe editions by The Limited Editions Club for the George Macy Companies, INC., 1949 'at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles' (with illustrations by Mariette Lydis). It was once donated to us by the family of a deceased elderly resident in our building.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

57:24 What is the girl saying? It seems to be important but was a bit hard to understand

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

She's complaining about the rain but Miss Giddens thinks its something weird.

[@Ai-he1dp]

Freddie Francis's cinematography made Deborah Kerr even more beautiful in this dark moody gothic.

[@Mr.Guild1971]

I saw modern remake of this.I'm not much into modern ghost stories and have grown bored with most modern horror. This remake I found to be very engaging and left me guessing and didn't really have much "deadspace" in it . I looked it up and it is just called "The Turning" It is set in the US instead but the elements are all there and then some.Probably the only mod Ghost film I really enjoyed since "The woman in Black"

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I've never seen The Turning, but if its based on The Turn of the Screw I will try to see it. The old stories are the best!

[@yehmen29]

The Woman in Black is very good too. I attended a performance in London many years ago: what a memory... We litterally jumped in our seats!

[@ZENmud]

Wikipedia surprised me 😊😊 "The Innocents" received international distribution from the American film studio 20th Century Fox, and received its London premiere on 24 November 1961. It was released in the United States the following month on 15 December in Los Angeles and Christmas Day in New York City. The psychological underpinnings of the film's screenplay have resulted in it being the subject of numerous critical and scholarly essays, particularly in the area of film theory. Of the various film adaptations of James's work, The Innocents has received the most critical debate. It was selected by The Guardian as one of the 25 best horror films ever made. ENDQUOTE

[@chuckmcbuck9199]

@ZENmud ... here is a heads-up ... The Guardian is a ... MI6/CIA/MOSSAD propaganda company.

[@jamescameron8715]

Goodevening m' Lady ... thought for the day ... Tropical Storm Lemora tours the Southeast (USA) 🌫🌧🌬

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Really? I think I did hear that briefly.

[@ZENmud]

Would love to read Truman's script, with his scene setting instructions; how much "direction:suggestion" was offered and accepted by the Director. The Wikipedia excerpt I offered, mentions that "Film Theory" works have mentioned "The Innocents" but I didn't see much of innovative techniques. Just wondering...

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Sometimes you can find screenplays online. Capote adapted a stage play so you could probably dig that up. Have fun!

[@petersolomon5227]

Truman Capote was one of three credited writers on this film. John Mortimer has been said to provide some of the sharpest dialogue, yet it was Jack Clayton himself who had the vision to make this film, and “nursed” it for many years.

[@kevinbruce2776]

I was enjoying the movie, the elaborate stairs in the mansion and the suspense but the extreme amount of screaming is intolerable. You know they intend to cause suspense and usually use suspenseful music but the child screaming continuously was totally unnecessary.

[@chrismcpherson1204]

There was a remake of this movie with Valerie Bertinelie in it she was the governess. I so enjoyed watching this movie 🎬 tonight here in rural Pennsylvania USA 🇺🇸

[@surreygirl2075]

Deborah kerr played a very good part the house keeper who died couldn't let the past go and haunted the mansion and her lover the children hid the truth in there minds untill the nanny got it out of there minds

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

That sounds interesting. Do you know the title?

[@ananddasin3239]

I wondered why U didn't set up this one The mother of mystery movies

[@Jayjen35]

Wasn't the Netflix series "The Haunting of Blye Manor" kina based on this story?

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I don;t have Netflix, but it sounds like you're onto something.

[@nellionthetellie]

i’m 5 months late but yes!

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

MILESTONE !!!!!

[@thomashall8867]

Nothing new for Halloween this year?

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Its coming! I ususally post late in the month but I'm trying for a little earlier. :)

[@sallykelev]

Anyone know which BBC version of the Innocents she refers to? What year was it made?

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

The BBC one is the Opera by Benjamine Britten. Its absolutley gorgeous! Very Victorian visually.

[@OsvaldoCesarArdiles635]

Very interesting..appreciate MYSTERIOUS,good taste you regards thanks for share with us 🖐️😉

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

My pleasure!

[@togian755]

Miss Gibbons should have called in a priest and had an exorcism performed. It was a mistake to handle it by herself. She had no chance. Thats what i feel when i see this picture.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

In the story she's the daughter of a Protestant vicar and was raised to believe that if she got the demon's name, she could make it leave and becomes obsessed with this idea until she basically thinks she's God!

[@togian755]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace she never had to deal with one. The tragedy was she didn't understand she wasn't strong enough to defeat one alone.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

@@togian755 Well, yes. She's quite neutrotic from the start. What the Victorians used to call "hysterical'.

[@poetcomic1]

Jack Clayton was a little disappointed in the mixed reviews of this when it premiered and was eating in a restaurant. The French director Francois Truffaut came to him and said he had just seen The Innocents and that it is the most beautiful English film since Hitchcock left for America.

[@nessiesearcher]

MR James did not like The Turn of the Screw and I think he was right not to. I like ghosts with a little more... definiteness, not imaginings from the ravings of a 19th Century Karen. Still thank you for the upload.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Personally, I like the ambiguity because it creates more intrigue and has fired the imaginations of many fans of the story and given us lots of great stuff.

[@nessiesearcher]

@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace But I don't think there is any ambiguity. The final scene seems to me to prove it was all in her crazed mind. How else can you explain the final scene?

[@ananddasin3239]

Enter Jason King

[@ZENmud]

During ❤ intro: i loved Kerr in both "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant (when I wanted, as we joked in high school, to 'Steal her AaaWAY from that guy!), and the production of "Witness for the Prosecution" (with Diana Rigg! For Deborah Kerr, i wanted to duct-tape her mouth (grating voice, bossing Richardson))... 😂 Added[!] "Village of the Damned" ❤❤ our Presbyterian minister rented a 16mm version, and showed it to our (1969? 71?) Youth group of about 20 teens, in NJ... twice! We begged to see it again...

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Your minister showed you that? I always had my suspicions about Presbertarians...