Starker, a Whispering Glades 'counselor'.Īimée's idol is the Reverend Wilbur Glenworthy, owner of Whispering Glades.

Somewhat overwhelmed by the services offered at Whispering Glades, Dennis is led through them by Mr. Although she respects him professionally, Aimée has no romantic feelings for him. There, he meets and becomes infatuated with Aimée Thanatogenos, a hopelessly naïve and idealistic cosmetician who says she was named after Aimee Semple McPherson. Hinsley hangs himself as a result.ĭennis is swayed by a prominent English expatriate to spend most of the money from his uncle's estate on a prestigious burial at Whispering Glades cemetery and mortuary.

Jr., fires him, despite the old man's faithful service. Hinsley has worked as a production staffer at a major Hollywood studio for more than thirty years. Young Englishman Dennis Barlow wins an airline ticket and visits his uncle Sir Francis Hinsley in Los Angeles. Among those making appearances in smaller roles are John Gielgud, Robert Morley, Roddy McDowall, James Coburn, Milton Berle, Dana Andrews, Tab Hunter, and Liberace. The film stars are: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Paul Williams and Rod Steiger. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson, and the screenplay – which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death (1963) – was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. The Loved One is a 1965 black-and-white satirical comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, based on The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948), a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh.

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