Moments perdus

Original title: The Lost Moment

1947
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1h 29m

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A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.

Director
- Martin Gabel
Writers
- Leonardo Bercovici
- Henry James
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6.8/10

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Director
- Martin Gabel
Writers
- Leonardo Bercovici
- Henry James
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Robert Cummings

Lewis Venable

Susan Hayward

Tina Bordereau

Agnes Moorehead

Juliana Borderau

Joan Lorring

Amelia

Eduardo Ciannelli

Father Rinaldo

John Archer

Charles

Frank Puglia

Pietro

Minerva Urecal

Maria

William Edmunds

Vittorio

Ed Agresti

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Alberto - Proprietor
(uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Peter Cusanelli

Fruit Vendor
(uncredited)

Christian Drake

Young Man
(uncredited)

Lloyd Ford

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Martin Garralaga

Waiter
(uncredited)

Duke Green

Waiter
(uncredited)

Micholas Khadarik

Singer
(uncredited)

Director
- Martin Gabel
Writers
- Leonardo Bercovici
- Henry James
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Trivia
Henry James based the story on an anecdote he had heard when he was in Florence, Italy, in 1879. Claire Clairmont, the half-sister of Percy Bysshe Shelley's wife Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra, was still alive and related how an unscrupulous Shelley devotee had posed as a lodger in order to find any unpublished papers. After the aged Claire died, her niece offered the papers to him, but at a price.

Goofs
When Lewis rescues Juliana from the fire, Juliana's stunt double can be seen grabbing onto Lewis and helping him carry 'her' out.

Quotes
Lewis Venable: In that fearfully incredible moment I knew I had plunged off a precipice into the past. That here was Juliana beyond belief, beautiful, alluring, alive. How strange this was, this Tina, who walked dead among the living and living among the dead, filling me with a nameless fear! I had a sudden impulse to turn and leave, and then I remembered the letters.

Connections
Referenced in Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Soundtracks
Fenesta che lucive
(uncredited)
Music by William Cottrau (or Vincenzo Bellini)
Sung by Enrico Caruso
In love scene between Lewis and Tina

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Featured review

7/10

Worth A Watch

'The Lost Moment' is worth watching - not too bad of a film. It's a romantic-drama (with a bit of a mystery and with a dash of thriller). I was hoping for a bit more with the ending I guess because I was left with a disappointed feeling at the end of the film.

Lewis Venable (Robert Cummings) is a publisher and he is after the love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, to his beloved Juliana Borderau (Agnes Moorehead). Lewis pretends to be a writer and rents a room from Juliana Borderau in hopes to gain the love letters. Juliana has a niece named Tina Bordereau (Susan Hayward). Tina has a split-personality: her real self, Tina, and that of her aunt Juliana. Tina thinks she is her aunt Juliana from time to time. Lewis finds himself in a mystery surround Juliana, Tina, and the love letters of Jeffrey Ashton.

I enjoyed the film - I was just disappointed with the ending because we never got a real explanation about Tina - an explanation for the split in her personality.

7/10