The Dark Mirror



The Dark Mirror (1946) is a black-and-white psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Olivia de Havilland as a pair of twins, and Lew Ayres as their psychiatrist. The film marks Ayres' return to motion pictures following his conscientious objection to service in World War II. De Havilland had begun to experiment with method acting at the time and insisted that everyone in the cast meet with a psychiatrist. The film anticipates producer/screenwriter Nunnally Johnson's psycho-docu-drama The Three Faces of Eve. Vladimir Pozner's original story on which the film is based was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dark Mirror was remade as a TV movie in 1984, with Jane Seymour as the twins and Vincent Gardenia as the cop.

Cast

 * Olivia de Havilland as twins Terry and Ruth Collins
 * Lew Ayres as Dr. Scott Elliott
 * Thomas Mitchell as Lt. Stevenson
 * Richard Long as Rusty