Q 01/05

Which actor, fresh from the ghost comedy Blithe Spirit, plays the spectral Captain Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?

A) Rex Harrison

B) David Niven

C) Cary Grant

D) Ronald Colman

Answer · why

A) Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison had only just arrived in Hollywood: the studio brought him over from England the year before to star in Anna and the King of Siam.

Q 02/05

Which star of the film noir Laura plays the young widow Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?

A) Hedy Lamarr

B) Gene Tierney

C) Vivien Leigh

D) Merle Oberon

Answer · why

B) Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney was at her peak: she had just earned a Best Actress nomination for playing the jealous femme fatale Ellen in Leave Her to Heaven.

Q 03/05

What really killed Captain Gregg, whose death was put down as a suicide, in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?

A) A fall from the cliffs

B) A storm at sea

C) A duel over cards

D) Gas from a heater

Answer · why

D) Gas from a heater

Gas from a heater did it: he kicked the valve open by accident while he slept. His ghost flatly dismisses the story that he took his own life.

Q 04/05

The English seaside of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was filmed entirely in which American state?

A) Washington

B) Massachusetts

C) California

D) Connecticut

Answer · why

C) California

California stood in for England throughout: scenes were shot at Palos Verdes and on a beach near Stillwater Cove in Pebble Beach.

Q 05/05

What did the lead actress of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir break during filming, finishing the shoot in a hidden cast?

A) Her wrist

B) Her collarbone

C) Her elbow

D) Her foot

Answer · why

D) Her foot

Her foot was broken in an accident that shut the production down in February 1947. She came back to work in a cast, which her costume kept out of sigh...