The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
With George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Alan Napier, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Trowbridge, Dick Foran, Gilbert Emery
Directed by Joe May
The House of the Seven Gables is a 1940 Gothic drama film based on the 1851 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, and Vincent Price, and tells the story of a family consumed by greed in which one brother frames another for murder. It is a remake of the 1910 film of the same name, which starred Mary Fuller. The film's musical score was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score. The plot of the film differs dramatically from the plot of the novel on which it is based.
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