Peter Ibbetson

"Peter Ibbetson" (1935), watch online on iFILM — a fantasy romance from Paramount with Gary Cooper and Ann Harding, directed by Henry Hathaway.

Peter grows up in Paris beside a girl named Mary, loses her when his mother dies, and spends his childhood under a cold uncle's roof in England. Years later he is an architect commissioned by the Duke of Towers — and discovers the Duchess is Mary. The reunion ends in a duel, the duke's death, and a life sentence for Peter. What the film does next is the unusual part: the two maintain a shared dream life, meeting each night in sleep while Peter sits in his cell. Based on George du Maurier's novel, the picture was singled out by André Breton and the Surrealists as one of the few Hollywood productions that handled dream logic without flinching. Stream Peter Ibbetson (1935) online on iFILM.