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