Friday Movie Matinee: Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Friday, April 191:00—3:00 PMGordon RoomPeabody Institute Library of Danvers15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA, 01923

Catch new releases, forgotten classics and overlooked gems every Friday at 1:00pm.

THIS WEEK:  Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

While on a train, writer Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) strikes up a relationship with the gorgeous Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney). Ellen quickly becomes obsessed with Richard and abandons her fiancĂ©, Russell Quinton (Vincent Price), to be with him. The couple rushes into marriage, with both of them caught up in romance and Richard intrigued by Ellen's intensity. Only after settling into marriage,  her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.

Rating: PG ( Mild violence )

Runtime: 1 h 50 m