Based on the Biography ‘Friese-Greene. Close Up of an Inventor’ by Ray Allister. Colour by Technicolor. Copyright 1951 by Festival Film Productions

The Magic Box

(1952)

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| Film | United Kingdom | Colour | 1h 58min
| Stars: Renée Asherson, Richard Attenborough, Robert Beatty | Director: John Boulting

The life of William Friese-Greene, a British cinema pioneer who died in poverty

Cast

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Renée Asherson
Miss Tagg
British actor Richard Attenborough in a publicity shot
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 in Wedding Group
British actor, Roland Culver
1st Company Promoter
John Howard Davies
Maurice Friese-Greene
Michael Denison (as Henry Brodrick) in a photograph from Hungry Hill (1947) (14)
Reporter
Publicity photograph from the 1930s featuring British actor, Robert Donat
William Friese-Greene
Joan Dowling
Maggie
Henry Edwards
Butler at Fox Talbot’s
Mary Ellis
Mrs Nell Collings
Marjorie Fielding
Elderly Viscountess
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Pictures

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Based on the Biography ‘Friese-Greene. Close Up of an Inventor’ by Ray Allister. Colour by Technicolor. Copyright 1951 by Festival Film Productions
Main title from The Magic Box (1951) featuring Robert Donat

Production

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John Boulting
Director
Ray Allister
Writer (based on the biography: ‘Friese-Greene, Close Up of an Inventor’)
Eric Ambler
Writer (screenplay)

Companies

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Festival Film Productions
Production company