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Gene Tierney: Ellen Berent
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Though she is engaged to a politician (Vincent Price), Ellen (Gene Tierney) lures the handsome Richard (Cornel Wilde) into marriage after knowing him just a few days. But Richard learns from her sister (Jeanne Crain) and mother (Mary Philips) that Ellen's selfish, possessive love has ruined other people's lives. When his own brother drowns while in Ellen's care and she has an accident that kills her unborn child. Richard grows increasingly suspicious of her unsatiable devotion.
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There were few actresses in Hollywood lovelier than Gene Tierney, which is evidenced by the Academy Award winning Technicolor cinematography of Leon Shamroy for Tierney’s only Oscar nominated performance in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN ($15). In direct contrast to the ugliness of her character’s inner self, Gene Tierney’s on screen beauty is luminescent across every frame of the film in which she appears. Based upon the book by Ben Ames Williams, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN tells the story of Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney), who meets author Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) on a train and she seems almost transfixed by the writer’s resemblance to her own deceased father. Despite being engaged to another man, Ellen enters into a whirlwind courtship with Richard, and within a matter of days the two are married. However, there are no "happily ever afters" in this tale, especially when Richard learns that Ellen’s love for him borders on the pathological. Not only does Ellen want to be the only woman in Richard’s life- she wants to be the only person and interest in his life as well.
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Leave Her To Heaven is a stylish psychological thriller starring Gene Tierney as Ellen, the stunningly beautiful wife of handsome writer Richard Harland, played by Cornel Wilde. Ellen panics as her perfect marriage unravels and Harland's work and invalid brother demand more and more of his attention. Her husband becomes unnerved by her compulsive and jealous behavior. And when the people close to him are murdered, one by one, it is obvious that this dream marriage has become a full-fledged nightmare. Based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams. This film won the Oscar(r) for Best Cinematography (Color) and received three other Academy Award(r) nominations: Best Actress for Gene Tierney, Best Sound Recording, and Best Art Direction (Color)/Interior Decoration.
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