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Leave Her to Heaven

1945 ★ 110 min
Starring: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Director: John M. Stahl
Writer: Jo Swerling

Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 American psychological thriller drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. The story follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her. It is based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams, adapted by screenwriter Jo Swerling.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress; Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color; Academy Award for Best Sound.
  • In May 1944, Twentieth Century Fox executive Darryl F. Zanuck purchased the rights to Ben Ames Williams's then-unpublished novel, Leave Her to Heaven, planning a screen adaptation.
  • The studio spent an exorbitant $100,000 to acquire the rights to Williams's novel, which was published the following month in June 1944.
  • In their response, the PCA noted: "It will be absolutely essential to remove any flavor... that Ellen plans to murder the unborn child merely because she is misshapen.

Filming Locations

  • New Mexico
  • Maine
  • The desert sequences that take place in New Mexico were filmed in several locations in Arizona, including Sedona, Flagstaff, and the Granite Dells north of Prescott.
  • The sequences set in Warm Springs, Georgia, were filmed at Busch Gardens in Pasadena, though long shots and process plates were shot on location at the actual Warm Springs Foundation.

Previous Showings

5 Runs • 3 Festivals

3,973 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (January 13, 1946)

Original Run: January 13, 1946 (Sunday - Saturday)

All runs on record (5):

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