The Magic Box
The Magic Box
Release: 1952-01-01
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 6.4
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Festival Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
John Stuart
as 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
Michael Trubshawe
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Robert Beatty
as Lord Beaverbrook
Stanley Holloway
as Broker's Man
Glynis Johns
as May Jones
Bessie Love
as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
Ronald Shiner
as Fairground Barker
Margaret Johnston
as Edith Harrison Friese-Greene
Roland Culver
as 1st Company Promoter
Barry Jones
as Doctor
Dennis Price
as Harold
Peter Reynolds
as Bridegroom in Wedding Group
Janette Scott
as Ethel Friese-Greene
Michael Redgrave
as Mr. Lege
Thora Hird
as Doctor's Housekeeper
Jack Hulbert
as Holborn Policeman
Miles Malleson
as Orchestra Conductor
David Tomlinson
as Lab Asst
Harcourt Williams
as Tom
Joan Young
as Glove Shop Colleague
Edward Chapman
as Father in Family Group
Joyce Grenfell
as Mrs Claire
William Hartnell
as Recruiting Sergeant
Joan Hickson
as Mrs Stukely
Herbert Lomas
as Warehouse Manager
Emlyn Williams
as Bank Manager
Marius Goring
as House Agent
Robertson Hare
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Ann Lancaster
as Bridesmaid in Wedding Group
John Longden
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Basil Sydney
as William Fox-Talbot
Renée Asherson
as Miss Tagg
Kathleen Harrison
as Mother in Family Group
Mervyn Johns
as Goitz
Garry Marsh
as Company Promoter
Laurence Olivier
as Police Constable 94-B
Frederick Valk
as Maurice Guttenburg
Amy Veness
as Grandmother in Wedding Group
Charles Victor
as Industry Man
John Howard Davies
as Maurice Friese-Greene
A.E. Matthews
as Old Gentleman
Mary Ellis
as Nell Collings
Marjorie Fielding
as Elderly Viscountess
Patrick Holt
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Sheila Sim
as Nursemaid
Googie Withers
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Maria Schell
as Helena Friese-Greene
Martin Boddey
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Sybil Thorndike
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Kay Walsh
as Hotel Receptionist
Eric Portman
as Arthur Collings
Robert Donat
as William Friese-Greene
Joan Dowling
as Maggie
Richard Murdoch
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Marianne Stone
as Bride in Wedding Group
Leo Genn
as Maida Vale Doctor
Michael Hordern
as Official Receiver
Sidney James
as Army Sergeant
Peter Jones
as Industry Man
John McCallum
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Peter Ustinov
as Industry Man
Frank Pettingell
as Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group
Richard Attenborough
as Jack Carter
Michael Denison
as Reporter
Robert Flemyng
as Doctor
Margaret Rutherford
as Lady Pond
Ernest Thesiger
as Earl
Maurice Colbourne
as Bride's Father in wedding group
Henry Edwards
as Fox Talbot's Butler
James Kenney
as Kenneth Friese-Greene
Bernard Miles
as Cousin Alfred
Cecil Parker
as 1st Platform Man
Everley Gregg
as Bridegroom's Mother
