Leave Her to Heaven (1945) |
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| Director(s) | John M. Stahl |
| Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited), William A. Bacher |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Romance, Thriller/Suspense |
Featured Cast of Leave Her to Heaven See More »
Gene Tierney
(as Ellen Berent Harland)
Cornel Wilde
(as Richard Harland)
Jeanne Crain
(as Ruth Berent)
Vincent Price
(as Russell Quinton)
Ray Collins
(as Glen Robie)
Gene Lockhart
(as Dr. Saunders)
Darryl Hickman
(as Danny Harland)
Chill Wills
(as Leick Thome)
Leave Her to Heaven Overview:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) was a Drama - Film Noir Film directed by John M. Stahl and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and William A. Bacher.
Academy Awards 1945 --- Ceremony Number 18 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Gene Tierney | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Leon Shamroy | Won |
Leave Her to Heaven BlogHub Articles:
Technicolor Noir: “Leave Her to Heaven” starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain
Technicolor Noir: “Leave Her to Heaven” starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain Leave Her to Heaven (1945) is a Technicolor film noir directed by John Stahl, produced by William A. Bacher and Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain. ... Read full article
Silver Screen Standards: Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) The mingling of film noir and melodrama can yield strange but beautiful fruit, as it does most memorably in 1945’s Leave Her to Heaven, adapted by Jo Swerling from the 1944 novel by Ben Ames Williams and directed by John M. Stahl. Gene Tierney, always exquisite and us... Read full article
Chatting about Leave Her to Heaven
My new podcast season on femme fatales with Brian Wilkins and Michael Gutierrez releases today, and we begin with one of my favorite films, Leave Her to Heaven. We chat about the strange canoe launch that begins the film, Tierney’s impossible beauty, the unfathomable hero–who wanted to m... Read full article
Leave Her to Heaven: When Beauty Disguises the Beast
This is my contribution to the Classic Movie Blog Association's Blogathon and the Beast event. Click here for more beastly good reads.Leave Her to Heaven: When Beauty Disguises the BeastIn the eternal cinematic battle between good and evil, virtue must always contend with the beast. Now, when the be... Read full article
Day 16 of Noirvember: Ellen Berent in Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Today’s Noirvember post shines the spotlight on the beautiful but deadly Ellen Berent in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). WHAT’S LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN ABOUT? Socialite Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) meets a novelist, Richard “Dick” Harland (Cornel Wilde), at Rancho Jacinto in Taos, New Mexico. Richard... Read full article
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Leave Her to Heaven Quotes:
Ellen Berent Harland: That's a tribute.
Russell Quinton: And I always will be. Remember that.
Ellen Berent Harland: Russ, is that a threat?
Ellen Berent Harland: Let's change the name of the place from Back Of The Moon to Goldfish Manor.