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The Magic Box

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Calorie Rating: 166
Released: 1952-01-01
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Revenue 110372
Studios: Festival Film Productions, Festival Films,


Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

Director / Directors

Cliff Owen
Assistant Director
Max Varnel
Assistant Director



Cast

Robert Donat
Character: William Friese-Greene
Margaret Johnston
Character: Edith Harrison Friese-Greene
Maria Schell
Character: Helena Friese-Greene

Renée Asherson
Character: Miss Tagg
Richard Attenborough
Character: Jack Carter
Robert Beatty
Character: Lord Beaverbrook

Martin Boddey
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Edward Chapman
Character: Father in Family Group
John Charlesworth
Character: Graham Friese-Greene

Maurice Colbourne
Character: Bride's Father in wedding group
Roland Culver
Character: 1st Company Promoter
John Howard Davies
Character: Maurice Friese-Greene

Michael Denison
Character: Reporter
Joan Dowling
Character: Maggie
Henry Edwards
Character: Fox Talbot's Butler

Mary Ellis
Character: Nell Collings
Marjorie Fielding
Character: Elderly Viscountess
Robert Flemyng
Character: Doctor

Leo Genn
Character: Maida Vale Doctor
Marius Goring
Character: House Agent
Everley Gregg
Character: Bridegroom's Mother

Joyce Grenfell
Character: Mrs Claire
Robertson Hare
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Kathleen Harrison
Character: Mother in Family Group

William Hartnell
Character: Recruiting Sergeant
Joan Hickson
Character: Mrs Stukely
Thora Hird
Character: Doctor's Housekeeper

Stanley Holloway
Character: Broker's Man
Patrick Holt
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Michael Hordern
Character: Official Receiver

Jack Hulbert
Character: Holborn Policeman
Sid James
Character: Army Sergeant
Glynis Johns
Character: May Jones

Mervyn Johns
Character: Goitz
Barry Jones
Character: Doctor
Peter Jones
Character: Industry Man

James Kenney
Character: Kenneth Friese-Greene
Ann Lancaster
Character: Bridesmaid in Wedding Group
Herbert Lomas
Character: Warehouse Manager

John Longden
Character: Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Bessie Love
Character: Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
Miles Malleson
Character: Orchestra Conductor

Garry Marsh
Character: Company Promoter
Muir Mathieson
Character: Sir Arthur Sullivan
A.E. Matthews
Character: Old Gentleman

Bernard Miles
Character: Cousin Alfred
Richard Murdoch
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
John McCallum
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio

David Oake
Character: Claude Friese-Greene
Laurence Olivier
Character: Police Constable 94-B
Cecil Parker
Character: 1st Platform Man

Frank Pettingell
Character: Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group
Norman Pierce
Character: Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Eric Portman
Character: Arthur Collings

Dennis Price
Character: Harold
Michael Redgrave
Character: Mr. Lege
Peter Reynolds
Character: Bridegroom in Wedding Group

Margaret Rutherford
Character: Lady Pond
Janette Scott
Character: Ethel Friese-Greene
Ronald Shiner
Character: Fairground Barker

Sheila Sim
Character: Nursemaid
Oda Slobodskaya
Character: Soloist at Bath Concert
John Stuart
Character: 2nd Platform Man at Connaught

Marianne Stone
Character: Bride in Wedding Group
Basil Sydney
Character: William Fox-Talbot
Ernest Thesiger
Character: Earl

Sybil Thorndike
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
David Tomlinson
Character: Lab Asst
Cecil Trouncer
Character: John Rudge

Michael Trubshawe
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Peter Ustinov
Character: Industry Man
Frederick Valk
Character: Maurice Guttenburg

Amy Veness
Character: Grandmother in Wedding Group
Charles Victor
Character: Industry Man
Kay Walsh
Character: Hotel Receptionist

Norman Watson
Character: Doctor in Connaught Rooms
Emlyn Williams
Character: Bank Manager
Harcourt Williams
Character: Tom

Googie Withers
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Joan Young
Character: Glove Shop Colleague
John Sharp
Character: Film Society Member (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Eric Ambler
Screenplay

George Minassian
Camera Technician
Herbert J. Bird
Sound Mixer

Harold V. King
Sound Director
John Redway
Casting Director

John Bryan
Production Design
Julia Squire
Costume Designer

Bob McNaught
Production Manager
Arthur Ibbetson
Assistant Camera

Nora Bentley
Hairdresser
T. Hopewell Ash
Art Direction

Harold Fletcher
Makeup Artist
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer