By Love Possessed (1961)
- Directed by
- John Sturges
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A prominent lawyer gets entangled in scandal and complicated romance when his wife's past and his brother's problems collide. The story focuses on the turbulent personal lives of a small-town family.
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What happens
By Love Possessed is a 1961 American drama film distributed by United Artists. The movie was directed by John Sturges, and written by Charles Schnee, based on the novel by James Gould Cozzens. Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards Jr., George Hamilton and Susan Kohner head the cast. Hamilton called it "an Ivy League Peyton Place". The supporting cast features Thomas Mitchell, Barbara Bel Geddes, Everett Sloane, Yvonne Craig, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Willes. The theme song is performed by Vic Damone. This was director Sturges' first film project after his Western classic, The Magnificent Seven. On July 19, 1961, this became the first in-flight movie to be shown on a regular basis on a scheduled airline flight, by Trans World Airlines to its first-class passengers. Walter Mirsch later said "The lack of success either artistically or commercially of By Love Possessed... was a psychological and emotional blow as well as a huge personal disappointment." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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