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Five British Films To Hold The Fort
By L. S. WALLACE
The British Film Producers Association has just announced the films its Special Committeo has chason for showing at the 10th International Exhibition of Cinematic Art which will take place in Venice from August 11 to September 1.
Tho alms selected are "Kind Hearts and Coronets," "The Blue Lagoon," "The Elusive Pimpernel," "Saints and Sinners" and "Privatò Angelo,"
These films, chosen to represent the work of varied groups of feature flims of producers in Britain, together with a largo selection of documentaries, bear witness to the comprehensive nature of British Pro- duction today.
The third, "The Fool and the Princess," produced by the Ber-
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problem,
FROM GUNS TO DIAPERS based
They will compete at Venice ceeds that of many straight en- against the best works of all tertainment films. other flim-producing nations for awards that carry very consider- able prestige. At last year's Venice Festival, Brilish nims were outstandingly successful, These chosen this year would seem," "on regards quality
and treatment,
to have at least an equal chance of matching Inst year's achievements.
Of the feature films put. for- ward, three have been already shown to the British public, but only the Bank Corporation's "The Blue Lagoon" has been screened outside London.
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Production
mainly on a South Seas location, is a sincere and idyllic freatinont
of a popular novel of a couple
of generations ago.
It tells the story of the life
and growing love of
two
youngsters who are cast away by shipwreck on a remole, de- serted island.
The achievement of the pic- ture is its blend of so-called 'popular elements with deep sincerity and a simplicity of development that is particularly suitable to subject and setting.
SATIRIC COMEDY
"Kind Hearts and: Coronels," which has just scored a major success in the West End of Lon- don and is still running there, is a brilliant satiric comedy; and, in vlow of many competent critles, must stand a first class chance of winning a major award.
It is the story of a slighted young man of noble blood who determines to avenge himself i on his relatives for their insults to fdm and his mother. His method is to kill off by varying and sometimes extremely amus- ing methods all those who stand between him and the Dukedom he covets.
Dennis Price gives the per- formance of his career as
the vengeful young man and Alec Guinness
plays eight distinct characters as the relative whom Price murders. Related with sustainedly brilliant froole touch this picture is a high nchlove- ment in a style of comedy which British Producers have generally left to other Nations, notably the French. Sir Michael Balcon's Eals and
Studies produced it..
Sinners comedy too, an Irish folk tale concerning a village which be lieves a prophecy of the local wise woman that the world is going to end on a certain night. Based on a play by Paul Vincent Carroll, it was produced by Les- Jio Arliss for Sir Alexander Korda's London Film Company.
Yet another comedy 1s "Private Angelo," a screen ver- sion of Eric Linkwater's novel of the comic adventures of an
unwilling Italian soldier. This
Bim was produced and directed by the extremely versatilo |young man, Ustinov, who also wrote the script and played the title character.
IN NEW ROLE-Humphrey Bogart, famous tough man of the screen, has shown ho can handle a gun and take care of himself among underworld characters, but it looks as if he's met his match here in trying to pin a diaper on his son, Stephen. This is Stephen's first appearance before, the camera. His ma is film star Lauren Bacall.
How Tall Is A Leprechaun?
Tyrone Power, whose Irish lineage goes back to his great grandfather, the first Tyrone Power, a famous Irish comedian, has managed after 28 pictures to get into a story about the Irish.
The film, THE LUCK OF THE IRISH, is based on-a novel by-Guy-and Constanco Jones which Random. House published in the spring of 1948 under the title of "There Was a Little Man." It is a story about a foreign correspondent and magazine writer-Tyrone Power who finds himself stranded in a villago called Ballynabun, wanders out into the hills and there meets a leprechaun-a fairy shoemaker of Irish folklore who has a pot of gold which he must surrender to anyone who catches him.
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The problem is that of fi married. official. In accupied Europe who, having left his wife in England, falls in love with a displaced person on the continent.
common
Treatment of the story, which explores this quite situation, is factual and terse and indicates a new trend {n} Alm production in fusion of file- tion and documentary,
Finally, several children's Alms are being submitted at the Exhibition. They include "Riders of the New Forest," an exelting where story set in the forest King William tufus lost his life; "Trapped by Terror," a thriller especially designed for young Lone nudiences; and "The
adventure story Climber," an with a fine seenie background.
No other film-producing coun-
try has specialized in makin
pictures exclusively for children to the extent that
Britain has: and these films will
are
undoubtedly arouse intense In- terest at the Venice Festival. The entries as a whole
and of high comprehensive quality. The Judge of the Ex- hibition will see a cross-section of British production which re-
fight feels the successful
of British Producers of all classes against postwar problems, costs and crisis,
"NAKED CITY"
The late Mark Hellinger's Anal production, "The Naked City" demonstrates how a picture can be intimate, honest and adult and yet have vast entertainment valucs, In building this celluloid monument to New York City, Producer Hellln- ger also built one to himself before he died,
The Universal - International release has two stars, Barry Fitzgerald and the City of New York.
As a Detective Lieutenant in New York's-Homicide--Sqund, Fitzgerald gives an extremely
and believable perfor mance in the typical, ingratla- ting Fitzgerald manner.
worm
THREE HOLLYWOOD NEWCOMERS
Three other Hollywood actors. comparativo newcomers, do. Anne Baxter went straight alder one of the finest actors credit to themselves. Howard from Duff, Hellinger's find Into the picture as the coleen Hollywood, In mind, Ustinov made this film for an of the story-from her role as though he is a big man. After heavy
even Brute Force," plays a semi- Independent producing Eroup
and showa great pro- I asked myself, no
the one mise in called Pilgrims Pictures and did the girl attorney in "The Walls all,
the confidence the bas a great deal of work on location of Jerichoice winning the knows whether leprechauns are producer
invested In In Italy. The wisdom of this Motion Picture Academy award Enomes or gianto,
'all It's
him.. Dorothy Hart, in her overseas shooting is apparent in last year as Sophie in Darryl hearsay.
Brat leading
handles rolo So Kellaway,
stands K who authenticity of backgrounds and F. Zanuck's production of "The
her part competently as Duff's Razor's
had five feet ten and welgbs Edge," she has
220,1
fanoce, Don Taylor, "105t" more parts offered her than she became the leprechaun,
since his sensational success in could play In. 10 years.
NINE INCHES?
"Winged Victory," emerges After Kellaway was chosen, establish himself as an outstand- The feature film, which has leprechaun, known affectionately the US government dealt Kosing performer. not yet been shown publicly is to his friends as Horace, and ter a foul blow. In “ndvertising, another Independent venture. Lee J, Cobb, the ambitious, un- its savings bonds, the gover- Important as the story itself ment ran advertisements In the is the fact that all the action
the minor characters.
ARCHERS' QUIVER
Cecil Kellaway became the
to
The Archers—those two constant scrupulous magazineon's magazines pointing out was filmed in New York City.
partners over almost ten years, who was power mad, Michael
Powell and Emeric Meadows, the lady of "Lady in how foolish it is to try to catch Never has New York been Pressburger-choso The the Lake" and Katherine
leprechaun and got his pot of fabulously and graphically pre- cliep a Elusive Pimpernel" as an ideal burn's rival in "Undercurrent, gold. The ads siated definitely
on the screen. sented atory
One for David Niven,
cast as the sophisticated that leprechauns are only nlos hundred and Daven familiar they have made this exciting New Yorker who wants Fawer inches tall.
sections and landmarks were story of the French Revolution just as badly as Miss Baxter, "I'll wager that the govern-used, placing this picture in a an much a comedy of manners
Producer Fred Kohlinar, who ment doesn't have any nine class by itself. as a thriller.
brought "Kiss of Death, "The inch leprechauns buying bonds, There is always a touch of Late George Apley" and "The said Koster, "but our leprechaun Opening with the Homicido distinction about the work of Ghost and Mrs Mule** to the docs."
Department being called to in- the Archers and they have been screen, and Henry Koster, who Koster posted up a gign on the vesugate the murder of a girl notably successful ini. Internation directed "The Bishop's Wife" set at the start of the picture model, a documentary step-by- Competitions, In the cast and many of the carly which read: "Anyone express step polico procedure unfolds, especially, with "A Matter of Deanna Durbin pictures, including disbelief in leprechauns will anally involving another model, Life and Death.".
Ing "One Hundred Men and n be discharged without notice." her Dance, a doctor and a killer. A very large list of documen-Girl," were chosen by Darryl F., "I belleve in leprechauns, of Taylor, the younger detective tary Aims contains not only ple- Zanuck, 20th Century Fox's pro- course, or I would not be mak working with Fitzgerald, followe tures of general public interest auction head, to make "The ing this picture," said Koster, but also highly specialised ple- Luck of the Irish.""
"and I demand the same faits own theory one which
by a breathless chase tures on Industrial and selenting The casting of someone to on the part of res co-workers." through the teaming heart of the techniques.
ELF SHOES
East Sido tenement `disfzlet, to Among subjects which will be play the leprechaun posed a Cecil Kellaway, who is hail ths very top of the Williamsburg.
mafor production problem. presented to the Judges in the
the Bridge general class aro three small Maureen O'Hara and Geral Irish and has a little of
where against ilms which are representative of dino Fitzgerald, natives of the Killarney la bla talk and looks, panorama of Manhattan'a sicy"
the leprechaun' the high quality and wide range Emerald Iale who believe im- plays.
role Une, a gun battle la fought tha! of Britid Production Displicity in leprechaurus, assured stooped over and with sagging brings death to the murderer.
Director Koster that they were knees. He wears cif shoes that
up at the little. fellows, about knee bigh. turn
dirty toes, a
Hellinger's new-face theory is One is called "Education for fara and Miss Fitzgerald green vest and baggy trousers, again evident. Director Jules the-Living' and' is 'from
stringy
featured magazine series "This Modern swore that they had friends who a rumpled hat and a
Dassin employed :20 Ago which is a subsidiary of had friends who had friends who artist's ile. The make-up men radio and stage actors, who ap the Hank Organisation. It is lnd seen them in their native
pear on the screen for the first. concerned with modern méthed habitat and
was all the arged his care.
When he protested the ears, time, to impressive advantage. Was he said
research The fact that they are now, to the studio's
feld
the
Mies
climaxed
of Education and-given its in- taller thou werofund with the department- CRMO forward with film audiences' adds immensely formation in a graphical, palat- The studio
able form idea of alming a midget to several hundred sketches of to the picture's gripping appeat
The second, The Peaceful play the part and then thought leprechauns clipped from maga-
An original story by Malvin: Years," made by Pathe, is a it might choose a full-sized zinos and they all had cars kaleidoscopic picture of the actor and dwarf him with reminiscent to donkeys "For Wald and adapted to the screen years between the wars. Clever camem tricks but Koster die something that no one has ever by Wald and Albert Maltz, "The "MERINDA" sicction of material and smooth; carded both planin
soch, wald Kellaway,thore Naked City" is, to date, the prosentation has won this film "All" along," he said, "I had was an amazing unanimity of cinema's's most graphio and a success in Britain that ox- Cecil Kellaway, whom I con- agreement.”
realistic production.
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