UK, 1948
45m, 4150 feet/1265 metres
35mm film
A British fantasy film directed by John Irwin.
Plot Summary
A man writes an ode on a magician and dreams that he comes to life.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: John Irwin
J. Arthur Rank presents a Highbury production. Distributed by General Film Distributors Ltd.
Produced by: John Croydon
Associate Producer: Adrian Worker
Screenplay by: Bernard McNabb, Lyn Lockwood
Additional Dialogue by: Dick Pepper
Original Story by: Betty Astell, John Croydon
Ode by: Cyril Fletcher
Asst. Director: Robert Lynn
Director of Photography: Walter Harvey
Camera Operator: Robert Navarro
Film Editor: Graeme Hamilton
Music by: Arthur Wilkinson
Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra
Music Director: John Hollingsworth
Sound Recordist: H.C. Pearson
Western Electric Sound System
Dresses: Violet Beaumont
Make-Up: Jimmy Evans
Hairdresser: Margaret Ogilvie
Art Director: Donald Russell
Drawings by: Edward Burra
Produced at: Highbury Studios
Unit Manager: F. Sherwin Green
Cast
Cyril Fletcher (Cyril Clarke)
Betty Astell (Betty Clarke)
Laurence Naismith (Merlin Mound)
Jon Pertwee (Mr Short)
Sam Costa (Les Millins, bandleader)
Miki Hood (Mrs Short)
Tamara Lees (dinner guest)
Audrey White (dinner guest)
Philip Saville (dinner guest)
Ethel Coleridge (Mrs Fiddle)
Johnnie Schofield (window cleaner)
Richard Gilbert (Louis, head waiter)
Harry Fowler (head spiv)
Arthur Lawrence (police inspector)
Joe Linnane (dinner guest)
Anthony Steel [plain clothes policeman] *
Cardew Robinson [Honest Joe, spiv’s henchman] *
John Powe *
Sandra Dorne *
References
Periodicals
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.15 no.179 (November 1948) p.155 (UK) – credits, synopsis, review
- Today’s Cinema vol.71 no.5721 (2 November 1948) – review
Books
- British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 by David Quinlan p.240 – credits, synopsis
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.369 – credits
