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