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The Magic Box (1952) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 1, 1952

Original Title:
The Magic Box

Alternate Titles:
Der wunderbare Flimmerkasten
La boite magique

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Festival Film Productions
Festival Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: U  IE: PG 

Runtime: 118

A rich and deeply moving story of a man whose achievement opened up a new world, and of the two women whose love and sacrifices made it possible!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
T. Hopewell Ash

Assistant Camera:
Arthur Ibbetson

Assistant Director:
Cliff Owen
Max Varnel

Book:
Ray Allister

Camera Technician:
George Minassian

Casting Director:
John Redway

Conductor:
Muir Mathieson

Costume Designer:
Julia Squire

Director:
John Boulting

Director of Photography:
Jack Cardiff

Editor:
Richard Best

Hairdresser:
Nora Bentley

Makeup Artist:
Harold Fletcher

Original Music Composer:
William Alwyn

Other:
Joan Bridge

Producer:
Ronald Neame

Production Design:
John Bryan

Production Manager:
Bob McNaught

Screenplay:
Eric Ambler

Sound Director:
Harold V. King

Sound Mixer:
Herbert J. Bird

Thanks:
R. Howard Cricks

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