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Peter Ibbetson

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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 (Gary Cooper) is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke (John Halliday) and Duchess of Towers (Ann Harding). 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.

Critics Reviews

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) 07/12/2022
3.5/4
The film is floridly romantic in a way that might invite snickers if it weren’t so downright weird and if the players in front of and behind the camera weren’t absolutely on their game. Go to Full Review Zita Short InSession Film 02/01/2023
Peter Ibbetson is primarily distinguished by Charles Lang’s cinematography, which perfectly conjures up the dreamy, hallucinatory atmosphere that leaves audience members on edge. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network 08/19/2021
B
Peter Ibbetson is definitely worth a look for film lovers and Cooper fans. Expect the unexpected. Go to Full Review Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine 04/20/2020
Awfully dated and sentimentally sappy but finely acted by Ann Harding and Gary Cooper... Go to Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 07/22/2019
Romantic, though rather tearful. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/21/2011
B-
Incredibly peculiar. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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S R @ScottR 02/12/2024 1001 movies to see before you die (added later). An interesting melodrama focused on a powerful love affair from childhood to death. Fascinating side of Cooper I hadn't seen and some interesting dream sequences. Saw on YouTube. See more Steve D 01/05/2024 Insane amounts of melodrama sinks it for me. See more William L 02/26/2021 I'm not sure what I was expecting, but what I got wasn't it, and you have to give Peter Ibbetson credit for at least being different in its approach to the romantic melodrama. A very predictable initial romance (pair of young playmates grow fond of one another are separated, realizing as time goes on that they are in love despite having not seen in each other since the age of four or so, and who are eventually brought back together by chance to test their love against adversity) gives way to a strange, surrealist final half hour or so, as circumstances have forced the two apart physically but they reconnect in dreams. While the premise seems interesting, it just doesn't pan out; their romance is never really justified or established well, so seeing it endure so resolutely in highly dramatized sequences feels insincere. The acting is spotty, even with a young Gary Cooper, and so much of the romance feels like a daytime soap opera in the first hour. Points for trying to be creative, though. (2.5/5) See more 03/04/2020 The best movie I've evern See more laurent b 05/23/2019 This film was regarded as a masterpiece by the french "surrealists". It's moving, deep, and much more... See more 02/02/2019 The best romance movie ever made! See more Read all reviews
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Henry Hathaway

Director

Gary Cooper

Peter Ibbetson

Ann Harding

Mary, Duchess of Towers

John Halliday

The Duke of Towers

Ida Lupino

Agnes

Douglas Dumbrille

Colonel Forsythe

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Movie Info

Synopsis 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 (Gary Cooper) is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke (John Halliday) and Duchess of Towers (Ann Harding). 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.
Director
Henry Hathaway
Producer
Louis D. Lighton
Screenwriter
Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 7, 1935, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 11, 2017
Runtime
1h 28m