The Magic Box (1952)

The Magic Box
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 118 min
  • Premiere: 1st of January 1952

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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Cast

Laurence Olivier
as Police Constable 94-B
Glynis Johns
as May Jones
Peter Ustinov
as Industry Man
Janette Scott
as Ethel Friese-Greene
Joan Hickson
as Mrs Stukely
Sidney James
as Army Sergeant
James Kenney
as Kenneth Friese-Greene
Maria Schell
as Helena Friese-Greene
Thora Hird
as Doctor's Housekeeper
William Hartnell
as Recruiting Sergeant
Peter Jones
as Industry Man
Michael Hordern
as Official Receiver
Sheila Sim
as Nursemaid
Garry Marsh
as Company Promoter
Bessie Love
as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
Robert Donat
as William Friese-Greene
Kathleen Harrison
as Mother in Family Group
Robert Beatty
as Lord Beaverbrook
Cecil Parker
as 1st Platform Man
John Longden
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Bernard Miles
as Cousin Alfred
John Stuart
as 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
Miles Malleson
as Orchestra Conductor
Mary Ellis
as Nell Collings
Leo Genn
as Maida Vale Doctor
Basil Sydney
as William Fox-Talbot
Amy Veness
as Grandmother in Wedding Group
Kay Walsh
as Hotel Receptionist
Renée Asherson
as Miss Tagg
Roland Culver
as 1st Company Promoter
Marianne Stone
as Bride in Wedding Group
Stanley Holloway
as Broker's Man
Emlyn Williams
as Bank Manager
Googie Withers
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Everley Gregg
as Bridegroom's Mother
Eric Portman
as Arthur Collings
Joyce Grenfell
as Mrs Claire

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