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Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 American film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Ben Ames Williams (March 7, 1889 – February 4, 1953 [2]) was an American novelist and writer of short stories; he wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels.Among his novels are Come Spring (1940), Leave Her to Heaven (1944) House Divided (1947), and The Unconquered (1953).
After playing Tina Tomasino in A Bell for Adano (1945), she played the jealous, narcissistic femme fatale Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945), [5] adapted from a bestselling novel by Ben Ames Williams. Appearing with Cornel Wilde, Tierney won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. This was 20th Century-Fox's most ...
He appeared in films such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945). He was the older brother of Dwayne Hickman , an actor, television executive, producer and director. Child actor in the 1930s and 1940s
Leave Her to Heaven is a 1940 play by the British writer John Van Druten. [1] Actress Ruth Chatterton made her first appearance on Broadway in 15 years. She co-starred with Edmond O'Brien. It premiered at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway on 27 February 1940. Set in England, it was based on a true story about a woman who took her older husband's ...
Back at Fox, he played the male lead in Leave Her to Heaven (1945), with Gene Tierney and Jeanne Crain, an enormous hit at the box office. Bandit was also a big hit when it was released. In 1946, Wilde was voted the 18th-most popular star in the United States, and in 1947 the 25th-. [17] Fox announced him for Enchanted Voyage. [18]
Kay Nelson (née Bushard) was a Hollywood costume designer at 20th Century Fox [1] whose first film was Up in Mabel's Room in 1944. Over the next 17 years, she provided the costumes for such films as Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Boomerang, Miracle on 34th Street and Gentleman's Agreement (all 1947) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949).
Some of his other notable directorial work was for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945). The former film starred Gregory Peck, while the latter starred Gene Tierney. They each received Academy Award nominations in the leading categories (Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively) at the 18th Oscars ceremony.