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The Magic Box

1951, Movie, NR, 118 mins

The Magic Box: Cast & Details

Year: 1951
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Good for children
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Running Time: 118
Format: Color
Genre(s): Biography
Production Co(s).: Festival
Released By: British Lion

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Cast
Renee Asherson: Miss Tagg
Richard Attenborough: Jack Carter
Robert Beatty: Lord Beaverbrook
Martin Boddey: Sitter in Bath Studio
Edward Chapman: Father in Family Group
John Charlesworth: Graham Friese-Greene
Maurice Colbourne: Bride's Father at Wedding
Roland Culver: 1st Company Promoter
John Howard Davies: Maurice Friese-Greene
Michael Denison: Connaught Rooms Reporter
Robert Donat: William Friese-Greene
Joan Dowling: Friese-Greene Maid
Henry Edwards: Butler at Fox Talbot's
Mary Ellis: Mrs. Collings
Marjorie Fielding: Elderly Viscountess
Robert Flemyng: Doctor in Surgery
Leo Genn: Maida Vale Doctor
Marius Goring: House Agent
Everley Gregg: Bridegroom's Mother at Wedding
Joyce Grenfell: Mrs. Clare
Robertson Hare: Sitter in Bath Studio
Kathleen Harrison: Mother in Family Group
William Hartnell: Recruiting Sergeant
Joan Hickson: Mrs. Stukely
Thora Hird: Doctor's Housekeeper
Stanley Holloway: Broker's Man
Patrick Holt: Sitter in Bath Studio
Michael Hordern: Official Receiver
Jack Hulbert: 1st Holborn Policeman
Sidney James: Sergeant in Storeroom
Glynis Johns: May Jones
Mervyn Johns: Pawnbroker
Margaret Johnston: Edith Friese-Greene
Barry Jones: Bath Doctor
Peter Jones: Industry Man, Connaught Rooms
James Kenney: Kenneth Friese-Greene
Ann Lancaster: Bridesmaid in Wedding Group
Herbert Lomas: Warehouse Manager
John Longden: Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Bessie Love: Bride's Mother, Wedding Group
Miles Malleson: Orchestra Conductor
Garry Marsh: 2nd Company Promoter
Muir Mathieson: Sir Arthur Sullivan
A.E. Matthews: Old Gentleman, Bond St. Studio
John McCallum: Sitter in Bath Studio
Bernard Miles: Cousin Alfred
Richard Murdoch: Sitter in Bath Studio
David Oake: Claude Friese-Greene
Laurence Olivier: 2nd Holborn Policeman
Cecil Parker: 1st Platform Man at Connaught
Frank Pettingell: Bridegroom's Father at Wedding
Norman Pierce: Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Eric Portman: Arthur Collings
Dennis Price: Assistant in Bond St. Studio
Michael Redgrave: Mr. Lege, Instrument Maker
Peter Reynolds: Bridegroom, Wedding Group
Margaret Rutherford: Lady Pond
Maria Schell: Helena Friese-Greene
Janette Scott: Ethel Friese-Greene
Ronald Shiner: Fairground Barker
Sheila Sim: Nursemaid
Oda Slobodskaya: Soloist at Bath Concert
John Stuart: 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
Marianne Stone: Bride in Wedding Group
Basil Sydney: William Fox Talbot
Ernest Thesiger: Earl, Bond St.Studio
David Tomlinson: Assistant in Laboratory
Sybil Thorndike: Sitter in Bath Studio
Cecil Trouncer: John Rudge
Michael Trubshawe: Sitter in Bath Studio
Peter Ustinov: Industry Man
Charles Victor: Industry Man, Connaught Rooms
Kay Walsh: Hotel Receptionist
Norman Watson: Doctor in Connaught Rooms
Emlyn Williams: Bank Manager
Harcourt Williams: Tom, Workman at Lege & Co.
Googie Withers: Sitter in Bath Studio
Joan Young: Glove Shop "Dragon"

Credits
John Boulting: Director
Eric Ambler: Writer - based on the book Friese-Greene, Close-Up of an Inventor by Ray Allister
Ray Allister: Source
Ronald Neame: Producer
Jack Cardiff: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Richard Best: Editor
William Alwyn: Musical Composer
John Bryan: Production Designer
Hopewell Ash: Art Director
Dario Simoni: Set Decorator
Julia Squire: Costumes
Harold Fletcher: Make Up