Watch A Place of One's Own For Free

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

You won't be disappointed!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

...of countless earlier similar stories.This unfortunately is just one of many failings which caused a production with a quality cast to fail to impress indeed struggle to hold the viewers attention. As others have already commented, why have a 36 year old James Mason married to a 31 year old Barbara Mullen play throughout an elderly couple more than twice their age? The extremely distinguished Mason comes across as Am-Dram-ham old man. The tone is uncertain - the concluding sudden jollity seems out place. Despite its theme it entirely lacks thrills and chills. Famous character-actors Moore Marriott (usually a querulous toothless side-kick) and Ernest Thesinger, spectacularly slightly other-worldly (his forte), under-exploited by the director who brings wholly unintended dispirited lifelessness to what should have been a lively story about ghosts. The studio lighting was reminiscent of made for TV US comedies of the '50's and '60s - the entire set, cast and walls, flooded with an even light, the same regardless if night or day. The paint on a closing door even briefly reflects the light from a large (2Kw?) studio lamp at about shoulder height.Throughout it was if some kind of subtle ghostly malaise had affected the entire production or at least its director.

Apart from some bizarre casting in some of the lead roles, this is an excellent ghost story--dark, foreboding and intelligently made. In general I do NOT like ghost tales and this one impressed me very much.First, about the casting. For some odd reason, the folks at Gainsborough Productions cast two folks who were quite young (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) in the leads--playing folks about twice their actual ages. Now I am not saying the two did badly in the roles, but why didn't the studio just get two older actors for these parts?! Also, fans of the old Will Hay and Arthur Askey comedies might be surprised to see Moore Marriott in the film playing a non-comedic role. Here he doesn't use his usual high-pitched crazy old man voice but is much more subdued and quite different.Second, about the plot. The film is a broody, atmospheric piece. While you really don't see or hear any truly scary things, through the use of music, fine acting and deft direction, the film paints a dark picture--one that can't help but hook you.As for the exact plot, I'd rather not say a lot--it would upset your learning too much about the film. I'll just say it's the story about a house with a strange hold over one of the residents--a hold that seems to be slowly replicating what happened to a poor unfortunate girl nearly 40 years earlier. Well done and well worth seeing.By the way, the 'Gretna Green' comment is a reference many Americans won't understand. This place is sort of like the Niagara Falls of Scotland--a place where people often go to get married.

I never thought I'd be saying it after all the stupid blood fests I've sat through in theatres, hoping for a good occult film. But this movie could have used some of that red stuff, both literally and figuratively. In sum, the movie's an over-civilized treatment of a subject that thrives on atmosphere and chills. Too bad, there's neither in this slow-moving, scattered exercise that appears more concerned with James Mason's reactions than the haunting itself. Ordinarily a fine understated actor, his unrelenting bluster here tends to overshadow the weakly worked-out plot. I kept wishing that Val Lewton & RKO had gotten hold of the material first (I Walked with a Zombie, The Seventh Victim, et al). That crew knew how to haunt the imagination with implied images of horror, the essence of a good ghost story. But an effect of that sort requires both the ingredients of atmosphere and suspense, so crucially absent here. There is one scene however that grabbed me. Mrs. Smedhurst and companion Annette are sitting by the piano following an apparent visitation. Suddenly, the-matter-of-fact older lady stares past the camera, into space, as though hypnotized by something beyond her reference and ours. It's a subtly chilling moment. Too bad, the remainder of the tale fails to follow up.

I just loved this movie. It kept my interest in a most peculiar way, and it took me nearly to the end of the picture before I figured it out. None of the key scenes were ever emphasized with dramatic music swelling up, down, or out....anywhere. In fact, it did not have any music except for the piano playing in one scene. Most unusual. This movie came across almost as "play-like", without the typical "movie" accents. Very different, very good. The only drawback, if you can really call it that, was the distraction of James Mason made up to be a man much older than his original years when he made this. The make up artist utilized a lot of "spirit-gum" that was used around his face, and unfortunately, it is noticeable in many scenes. But don't let that deter you from seeing this wonderful film!