Feature1935·88m·7.0

Peter Ibbetson

Love... born in the simple hearts of children... loving gloriously... triumphant through the years!

DramaFantasyRomance

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

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Cast

Gary Cooper

Peter Ibbetson

Ann Harding

Mary, Duchess of Towers

John Halliday

The Duke of Towers

Ida Lupino

Agnes

Douglass Dumbrille

Colonel Forsythe

Virginia Weidler

Mimsey

Dickie Moore

Gogo

Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Dorian

Gilbert Emery

Wilkins

Donald Meek

Mr. Slade

Christian Rub

Major Duquesnois

Elsa Buchanan

Madame Pasquier

Jack Adair

Guard (uncredited)

Robert Adair

Prisoner (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Judge (uncredited)

Martha Bamattre

Woman at the Paris Museum (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

Clerk (uncredited)

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Sister of Mercy (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Maid (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Guard (uncredited)

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English, French
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: Paramount Pictures

Crew

Director

Henry Hathaway

Writers

Vincent Lawrence, George du Maurier, Constance Collier, Waldemar Young

W. Franke Harling

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Stuart Heisler

Editor

Ernst Toch

Original Music Composer

Heinz Roemheld

Original Music Composer

Hugo Friedhofer

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/19/2022

6.0

Gary Cooper proves that there is a great deal more to his acting than spurs and saddles in this adaptation of George Du Maurier's fantasy drama. He portrays the eponymous character who after many years as a youth of dithering (Act 1), becomes an architect who lands a plum job refurbishing the stables on the estate of the wealthy "Duke of Towers" (John Holiday) (Act 2). After a fairly frosty start, he and the "Duchess" (Ann Harding) fall in love, a relationship of which the Duke is not entirely unaware. An altercation ensues, the "Duke" is killed and "Ibbetson" is jailed for the crime. What follows next (Act 3) is an ethereal intrigue as they live what's left of their lives as though joined in a dream. The score and direction provide for an atmospheric, romantic and quirky story that is still worth a watch 85 years on.