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Ladies in Retirement (1941)

The Great Broadway Melodrama Comes to Flaming Life on the Screen!

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Charles Vidor
Writer : Reginald Denham, Garrett Fort

Synopsis

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.

Actors

Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
Ellen Creed
Louis Hayward
Louis Hayward
Albert Feather
Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Keyes
Lucy
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester
Emily Creed
Edith Barrett
Edith Barrett
Louisa Creed
Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom
Leonora Fiske
Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn
Sister Theresa
Queenie Leonard
Queenie Leonard
Sister Agatha
Clyde Cook
Clyde Cook
Bates

Crews

Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor
Director
Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham
Theatre Play
Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham
Screenplay
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
Adolph L. Schafer
Adolph L. Schafer
Still Photographer
Jack A. Goodrich
Jack A. Goodrich
Sound Engineer
George Rhein
George Rhein
Assistant Director
Walter Plunkett
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Lionel Banks
Lionel Banks
Art Direction
David S. Hall
David S. Hall
Production Design
Al Clark
Al Clark
Editor
George Barnes
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch
Original Music Composer
Gilbert Miller
Gilbert Miller
Associate Producer
Lester Cowan
Lester Cowan
Producer
Garrett Fort
Garrett Fort
Screenplay
Edward Percy
Edward Percy
Theatre Play

Posters and backgrounds

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