The Lost Moment (1947)
In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece, Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.
Director:
Martin Gabel
Writer:
Leonardo Bercovici
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Robert Cummings as Lewis Venable |
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Susan Hayward as Tina Bordereau |
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Agnes Moorehead as Juliana Borderau |
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Joan Lorring as Amelia |
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Eduardo Ciannelli as Father Rinaldo |
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John Archer as Charles Russell |
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Frank Puglia as Pietro |
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Minerva Urecal as Maria |
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William Edmunds as Vittorio |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Martin Gabel | Director |
| Writing | Leonardo Bercovici | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henry James | Novel |
| Production | Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Milton Carruth | Editor |
