Blanche Fury

This Rank production is an interesting tragic drama during the 19th century , concerning about Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) , a young poor and ambitious woman . She receives an invitation by his cousins , the father , Simon Fury (Walter Fitzgerald) and son , Laurence (Michael Gough) for a job as governess at the Fury mansion .

Although not having quite as impressive a CV as his brother Yves, director Marc Allegret is noted for his technical skill, elegant execution and for nurturing the talents of some fine French actors. Here he directs this loose adaptation of a Gothic novel which itself is based upon a true story.

There is certainly something of the Daphne du Maurier in this melodrama about a dashing, but illegitimate son (Stewart Granger) obsessed with regaining an inheritance denied him from the right side of the blanket. When the "Fuller" family, who have legally taken possession of "Clare Hall" arrive, they send for their poverty stricken but independently minded cousin "Blanche" (Valerie Hobson) to come and live with them and ultimately, to marry the son "Lawrence" (Michael Gough).

A very atmospheric film...and the director (Marc Allegret) is doing specific things with the positioning of the actors and Technicolor to create illusions of depth and perspective as in a Renaissance painting.

Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger star in "Blanche Fury," a 1948 British film directed by Marc Allegret and featuring Michael Gough and Walter Fitzgerald.Hobson plays Blanche Fullerton, who is invited by her cousin (Fitzgerald) to work as a governess on his estate for the small child, Lavinia, who is heir to his estate.

Blanche Fullerton accepts an invitation to go and work for her wealthy Uncle out on the Clare estate. Tho the estate is the ancestral home to the Fury family, the Fullerton's take the name of Fury to be their own and run the estate as the rightful heirs.

Blanche is a poor relation from a good family who lived during the 19th century. She resents that she's forced to make a living taking care of selfish rich folks who have employed her over the years.

Blanche Fury (1948)A highly romantic and somewhat familiar tale of a penniless young woman moving into a house with wealth. It's a British affair, literally...

A Gothic melodrama set in a huge English country mansion. A young penniless woman named Blanche(Valerie Hobson)sees her life's station moving upward when she takes the position of governess from her distant cousins.