28-863: Red House or The Red House may refer to: Places and buildings [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Red House, London (disambiguation) , the name of several places Red House, Bexleyheath , designed/owned by William Morris The Red House, Aldeburgh , home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Red House, Bournemouth, later called Langtry Manor Red House, Buntingford Red House Museum and Gardens, Christchurch , Dorset The Red House, in Red House Park , Great Barr, Sandwell Red House, Moor Monkton , in Yorkshire Red House, Rotherham, later called Swinden House The Red House, part of
56-1121: A Registered Building of the Isle of Man United States [ edit ] Red House, New York , a town Red House (Manhattan) , a building Red House (South Kingstown, Rhode Island) , a house Red House (Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Texas Red House, Virginia , an unincorporated community Red House, West Virginia , an unincorporated community Red House Arts Center , in Syracuse, New York Other places [ edit ] Red House (Guyana) Red House (Hong Kong) Red House (Solomon Islands) Red House (Trinidad and Tobago) Red House (Youghal) , Ireland Red House Hospital , Shanghai, China Red House Theater , in Ximen, Taipei. Lodzia House , also known as Red House, Tel Aviv, Israel Red House,
84-596: A 1922 novel by A. A. Milne Red House , a 2004 memoir by Sarah Messer Other uses [ edit ] The Red House Report , purported plans for the post-war resurrection of Germany Red House Records , an American record label Red House eviction defense , a 2020–2021 protest in Portland, Oregon See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Red House All pages with titles containing Red House Redhouse (disambiguation) Maison Rouge (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
112-407: A haunted house which is painted red, and that Nath must stay out. After traveling through the woods in the dark, Nath returns spooked after hearing moans and yells. However, a few days later, he is embarrassed at his cowardice and returns there after dark. He is struck from behind and knocked down into a stream. He returns to the farm believing that Pete hit him, but Meg and Ellen say Pete has been in
140-403: A long-time admirer and goes off for several weeks on her honeymoon, leaving Nath to mind the store. Nath soon takes additional work for the summer at Tibby's family farm close to town. As Meg recovers from her broken leg, Pete begins to crack up. He starts calling her Jeannie, and becomes controlling and domineering. Ellen and Pete have a conversation about how it was that some years ago they rented
168-492: A museum in Monschau , Germany Bahay na Pula , or Red House, Bulacan, Philippines Arts and literature [ edit ] The Red House (film) , a 1947 American horror film based on a 1943 George Agnew Chamberlain novel of the same title The Red House (Haddon novel) , 2012, by Mark Haddon The Red House (Lambert novel) , 1972, by Derek Lambert "Red House" (song) , by Jimi Hendrix The Red House Mystery ,
196-544: A young woman raised by a brother and sister who are concealing a secret involving an abandoned farmhouse located deep in the woods on their sprawling property. It is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Agnew Chamberlain (1879-1966). The screenplay is by director Delmer Daves and Albert Maltz , uncredited. This was Ona Munson 's last feature film appearance. Handicapped farmer Pete Morgan and his sister Ellen live on an isolated farm with their adopted child, Meg. They keep to themselves and are viewed as mysterious by
224-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red House, London (disambiguation) (Redirected from Red House, London (disambiguation) ) Red House, London may mean The Red House, Bexleyheath , designed by the Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb for William Morris in 1859 The Red House, Bayswater, designed by
252-429: Is for murder. Meg and Nath bring Ellen's body back. Meg demands the truth about the red house and who Jeannie is. Pete finally confesses that Ellen had been keeping the secret for him, about him being in love with a woman named Jeannie who later married another man. The married couple had a little girl, Meg. When she was two years old the couple decided to move away because of Pete's infatuation with Jeannie. Pete went to
280-456: The Great House at Sonning The Red House (York) Red House Museum , Gomersal, Yorkshire Red House School , Norton, Stockton-on-Tees Hylton Red House , or simply Red House, a suburb of Sunderland Red House Academy Isle of Man [ edit ] Red House, 1 The Parade , Castletown, a Registered Building of the Isle of Man The Red House, Victoria Road , Douglas,
308-551: The British Queen Anne Revival architect J. J. Stevenson for himself in 1874 The Red House, Byron Hill Road, Harrow, designed by E. S. Prior in Queen Anne Revival style in 1883 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red House, London . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
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#1732844968213336-402: The chills of the month ... told intelligently and with mounting tension". As a strength of the film, Weiler cited a "uniformly good cast", including an "excellent" Robinson, a "fine" McCallister, and Anderson, who gives a "taut performance". Weiler also praised "Delmar Daves' fluid direction ... and an appropriately macabre musical assist from Miklós Rózsa." Spencer Selby commended
364-425: The experience, he puts his hand over her mouth and starts suffocating her. Nath and the sheriff show up in the nick of time. Pete takes off in his truck, intentionally crashing it into the ice house, where it plunges into the pond beneath it. As the truck sinks below its surface Pete is drowned with it. Back at the farm a few days later, Nath and Meg watch the smoke from the red house rise, set fire by Nath to finish
392-419: The film in his 1997 book Dark City: The Film Noir : "Murky psychological thriller with resonant settings and an emotive Rózsa score". Dave Sindelar gave The Red House a positive review in 2008: "It's not perfect; it's a little too long, so you end up figuring some of the final revelations before you should, and it gets a little repetitive at times, but the strong acting and some memorable images make it worth
420-417: The infant, Pete and Ellen adopted little Meg. During the story, Nath slips out of the house with Pete's rifle to go after Teller. Meg convinces Pete to help stop Nath. Pete agrees, and together they drive to the red house. Already losing his mind, Pete crumbles completely at the sight of the house and the memories it dredges up. Delusional, he thinks Meg is actually Jeannie, who is leaving him again. Re-living
448-579: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_House,_London&oldid=1099430697 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Red House (film) The Red House is a 1947 American thriller film noir directed by Delmer Daves , and starring Edward G. Robinson , Lon McCallister , Judith Anderson , Rory Calhoun , Allene Roberts , and Julie London . Its plot follows
476-493: The investment." Chamberlain's 1943 novel has no copyright registration at the Library of Congress. The five issues of The Saturday Evening Post in which the story was serialized were registered for copyright by The Curtis Publishing Co.; the copyrights of all five issues were renewed in 1973 by The Saturday Evening Post Company. The movie was registered for copyright by Thalia Productions (LP864; 7 February 1947); that copyright
504-516: The job Ellen had tried to do. They talk about starting a new life together, looking forward rather than looking back. The film was partly shot in Sonora, California . Composer Miklós Rózsa continued his exploration of writing mysterious cues for the theremin , which was played by Samuel Hoffman . Writing for The New York Times , A. H. Weiler enjoyed the picture, calling it "an edifying offering, which should supply horror-hungry audiences with
532-467: The land in return for keeping trespassers off of the property. One Sunday Nath cannot get out of a date with Tibby, so Meg goes off on her own to look for the red house. She finds it in a rocky ravine located a few miles from Pete's farm along an old cow path. Whilst she runs back to the farm, Teller fires several rifle shots to scare her away from returning. Meg falls down a slope and breaks her leg. That evening, when Meg does not return, Nath ventures into
560-406: The nearby town. Now a teenager, Meg convinces Pete to hire one of her 12th-grade high school classmates, Nath Storm, to come help with chores on the farm. On the first evening, when it is time for him to go home, Nath says he is going to take a shortcut through the old woods, a part of Pete's property he forbids anyone from entering. Pete becomes agitated, insisting the woods are dangerous and contain
588-401: The red house and its hold over him, Ellen decides to burn it down. As she walks through the woods, Teller mistakes her for Nath and shoots and severely wounds her. Meg, having heard the gunshot, finds Ellen then rushes back to tell Pete, who refuses to help. Meg phones Nath and he says he will bring a stretcher after he calls the sheriff and the doctor. Pete fails to dissuade Meg from returning to
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#1732844968213616-604: The red house to a young couple. Pete had been in love with the wife, Jeannie, since before she was married. She had not returned his love, causing him to develop an obsessive desire for her. Nath catches the flirtatious Tibby dallying with Teller and sucker punches him. He is convinced that Teller is somehow responsible for Meg's broken leg. Nath confronts Tibby and finally learns how vain and selfish she is. Teller then punches Nath, while Tibby watches with satisfaction. Teller and Tibby then begin to kiss in front of Nath. One evening, after she had been assaulted and injured by Pete over
644-466: The red house to plead with her to choose between her husband and him. As they heard her husband returning, Jeannie began screaming. To stop her, Pete covered her mouth, claiming he accidentally suffocated her. He then killed her husband in cold blood. Pete buried the bodies in the basement of the ice house that sits next to the red house. Since Jeannie's husband told everyone they were leaving town, no one ever suspected they were murdered. Rather than abandon
672-464: The room with them since Nath left. Soon, both Nath and Meg become obsessed with searching for the mysterious "red house" and agree to go into the woods every Sunday, Nath's only day off, to look for it. They have no luck. In the meantime, Meg begins to fall in love with Nath, but his jealous and manipulative girlfriend Tibby has other plans for him. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Pete has secretly given local handyman and petty thug Teller rights to hunt on
700-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_House&oldid=1251179919 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
728-402: The woods to find her and brings her back to the farm. Pete is furious that both young people defied his warning to stay out of the woods. Later, learning that Nath climbed a tree to secretly visit Meg in her bedroom he fires Nath, banishing him from the farm and ever seeing Meg. Nath returns to working for his mother at a local general store in town. With Nath's encouragement, his mother marries
756-407: The woods. By the time Nath arrives, Ellen is dead. In the meantime, Teller goes to Tibby's home and persuades her to elope with him in her father's truck. They sneak off into the country roads, but are pulled over by an alerted highway patrol. Teller makes a run for it, but stops at a warning shot and is apprehended. Tibby, who thought they were being detained to prevent the elopement, learns instead it
784-784: Was not renewed. The film is highlighted in the first segment of Martin Scorsese 's documentary A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies . An abridged version (edited down to 20 minutes) is occasionally shown on NEW Condensed Classics on the Silver Screen Classics channel in Canada. The Red House was released as a two-disc DVD and Blu-ray set on April 24, 2012, transferred from original 35mm elements and digitally restored in high definition, by Film Chest and HD Cinema Classics . Features include
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