Ladies in Retirement (1941) on Netflix
Ellen Creed is housekeeper and companion to Leonora Fiske, a retired actress in the English countryside. Ellen's sisters face an asylum, so Leonora agrees to take them in.
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Plot summary
For two years Ellen Creed has worked in the home of Leonora Fiske, a retired actress in the English countryside. A letter arrives warning that Ellen's sisters Emily and Louisa will be evicted and handed to the police for their odd behavior unless she takes them in hand. Ellen will not let her sisters be sent to an institution, so she persuades Leonora to have them as visitors.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ladies in Retirement (1941)
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- Ida Lupino was only 23 when cast as a 60-year-old in Ladies in Retirement, a part played on stage by Mary Clare at 47 and Flora Robson at 38; studio boss Harry Cohn fumed, "You're out of your mind choosing this child to play that role."
- To make 23-year-old Ida Lupino look at least 40, director Charles Vidor limited her makeup, pulled her hair back in a severe style and had cinematographer Charles Barnes light her face harshly.
