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1952 | DIRECTED BY JOHN BOULTING

The Magic Box

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Directed by

John Boulting

Producers

Name

Role

Ronald Neame

Producer

Written by

Writer

Role

Eric Ambler

Screenplay

Ray Allister

Based On The Biography: "Friese-Greene And Close Up Of An Inventor"

Music by

Artist

Role

William Alwyn

Music

Starring

Actors

Character

Renée Asherson

Miss Tagg

Richard Attenborough

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

Roland Culver

1st Company Promoter

John Howard Davies

Maurice Friese-Greene

Michael Denison

Reporter

Robert Donat

William Friese-Greene

Joan Dowling

Maggie

Henry Edwards

Butler at Fox Talbot's

Mary Ellis

Mrs. Nell Collings

Marjorie Fielding

Elderly Viscountess

Robert Flemyng

Doctor in Surgery

Leo Genn

Maida Vale Doctor

Marius Goring

House Agent

Everley Gregg

Bridegroom's Mother in Wedding Group

Joyce Grenfell

Mrs. Claire

Robertson Hare

Sitter in Bath Studio

Kathleen Harrison

Mother in Family Group

William Hartnell

Recruiting Sergeant

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Stukely

Thora Hird

Doctor's Housekeeper

Stanley Holloway

Broker's Man

Patrick Holt

Sitter in Bath Studio

Michael Hordern

Official Receiver

Jack Hulbert

1st Holborn Policeman

Sidney James

Sergeant in Storeroom

Glynis Johns

May Jones

Mervyn Johns

Goitz

Margaret Johnston

Edith Friese-Greene

Barry Jones

Bath Doctor

Peter Jones

Industry Man

James Kenney

Kenneth Friese-Greene

Ann Lancaster

Bridesmaid in Wedding Group

Herbert Lomas

Warehouse Manager

John Longden

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Bessie Love

Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

Miles Malleson

Orchestra Conductor

Garry Marsh

2nd Company Promoter

Muir Mathieson

Sir Arthur Sullivan

A.E. Matthews

Old Gentleman

Bernard Miles

Cousin Alfred

Richard Murdoch

Sitter in Bath Studio

John McCallum

Sitter in Bath Studio

David Oake

Claude Friese-Greene

Laurence Olivier

Police Constable 94-B

Cecil Parker

First Platform Man

Frank Pettingell

Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group

Norman Pierce

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Eric Portman

Arthur Collings

Dennis Price

Harold

Michael Redgrave

Mr. Lege

Peter Reynolds

Bridegroom in Wedding Group

Margaret Rutherford

Lady Pond

Maria Schell

Helena Friese-Greene

Janette Scott

Ethel Friese-Greene

Ronald Shiner

Fairground Barker

Sheila Sim

Nursemaid

Oda Slobodskaya

Soloist at Bath Concert

John Stuart

2nd Platform Man at Connaught

Marianne Stone

Bride in Wedding Group

Basil Sydney

William Fox-Talbot

Ernest Thesiger

Earl

Sybil Thorndike

Sitter in Bath Studio

David Tomlinson

Assistant in Laboratory

Cecil Trouncer

John Rudge

Michael Trubshawe

Sitter in Bath Studio

Peter Ustinov

Industry Man

Frederick Valk

Maurice Guttenburg

Amy Veness

Grandmother in Wedding Group

Charles Victor

Industry Man

Kay Walsh

Hotel Receptionist

Norman Watson

Doctor in Connaught Rooms

Emlyn Williams

Bank Manager

Harcourt Williams

Tom

Googie Withers

Sitter in Bath Studio

Joan Young

Glove Shop 'Dragon'

Tony Adams

Boy

Johnny Briggs

Youth

David Coote

William

George Crawford

Industry Man

Norma Dale

Minor Role

Alan Gifford

Industry Man

Ned Hood

Industry Man

Eveline Kirkwood-Hackett

Financier

Hal Osmond

Conductor's Manager

Sally Smith

Little girl

Ian Wilson

Undetermined Role

Carol Wolveridge

Screaming Child