Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Love... born in the simple hearts of children... loving gloriously... triumphant through the years!
Director: Henry Hathaway · Writers: Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
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Director
Henry Hathaway
Cast
Gary Cooper
Peter Ibbetson 
Ann Harding
Mary, Duchess of Towers 
John Halliday
The Duke of Towers 
Ida Lupino
Agnes 
Douglass Dumbrille
Colonel Forsythe 
Virginia Weidler
Mimsey 
Dickie Moore
Gogo 
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Dorian 
Gilbert Emery
Wilkins 
Donald Meek
Mr. Slade 
Christian Rub
Major Duquesnois 
Elsa Buchanan
Madame Pasquier User Reviews (1)
Gary Cooper proves that there is a great deal more to his acting than spurs and saddles in this adaptation of George Du Maurier's fantasy drama. He portrays the eponymous character who after many years as a youth of dithering (Act 1), becomes an architect who lands a plum job refurbishing the stables on the estate of the wealthy "Duke of Towers" (John Holiday) (Act 2). After a fairly frosty start, he and the "Duchess" (Ann Harding) fall in love, a relationship of which the Duke is not entirely unaware. An altercation ensues, the "Duke" is killed and "Ibbetson" is jailed for the crime. What follows next (Act 3) is an ethereal intrigue as they live what's left of their lives as though joined in a dream. The score and direction provide for an atmospheric, romantic and quirky story that is still worth a watch 85 years on.
