Blithe Spirit opens across the U.K. in 1945. The David Lean screwball comedy based on the Noel Coward play about a couple haunted by the man’s first wife is a flop on its release, but wins the 1947 Oscar for Best Visual Effects and has since become a classic. The film has been remade multiple times.
This Day in Halloween: Noel Coward's Oscar-winning screwball comedy "Blithe Spirit" opens across the U.K. in 1945. / Illustration by Amelia Stebbing