Film details
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Featuring
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1951
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Genre
Biopic
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Biography of William Friese-Greene, a British pioneer of the cinema who held a patent for a camera with celluloid running through it to capture moving images. Friese-Greene arrives at a guest house run by his wife, with whom he no longer lives. He assures her he has finally cracked the secret of colour film, and he hurries off to a film industry convention. His wife sadly recalls to a colleague her times with Friese-Greene, from their first meeting in a laboratory, to their struggles as they raise their children while he spends his money on his photography projects to the extent that three sons decide to go to war, so as not to be a burden on their parents. At the film industry convention, Friese-Greene, a now forgotten figure, reminisces about his earlier life; how he was a photographer's assistant and set up his own business, how he met his first wife, a lady from abroad with delicate health, how he set up in business with a friend but business went badly the more time Friese-Greene spent on developing his celluloid film strip, and how he finally achieved success at about the same time as his wife fell very ill. At the industry convention, Friese-Greene feebly urges the businessmen in charge of film not to squabble and squander the wonder of moving pictures.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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William Friese-Greene
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Edith Friese-Greene
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Helena Friese-Greene
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Miss Tagg
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Jack Carter
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Lord Beaverbrook
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sitter in Bath studio
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father in family group
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Graham Friese-Greene
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bride's father in wedding group
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first company promoter
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Maurice Friese-Greene
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industry man, Connaught Rooms
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maid of Friese-Greene
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butler at Fox-Talbot's
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Mrs Collings
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elderly Viscountess
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doctor in surgery
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Dr Dacres of Maida Vale
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house agent
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bridegroom's mother in wedding group
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Mrs Clare
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sitter in Bath studio
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mother in family group
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recruiting sergeant
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Mrs Stukeley
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Mrs Smith, doctor's housekeeper
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broker's man
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sitter in Bath studio
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official receiver
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first Holborn policeman
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sergeant in storeroom
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May Jones
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pawnbroker
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doctor of Bath
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industry man, Connaught Rooms
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Kenneth Friese-Greene
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bridesmaid in wedding group
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warehouse manager
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speaker at Connaught Rooms
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bride's mother in wedding group
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orchestra conductor
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second company promoter
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
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the colonel, Bond Street studio
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Cousin Alfred
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sitter in Bath studio
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sitter in Bath studio
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Claude Friese-Greene
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second Holborn policeman
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first platform man, Connaught Rooms
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bridegroom's father in wedding group
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speaker in Connaught Rooms
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Arthur Collings
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Harold, Bond Street studio
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Mr Lege, instrument maker
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bridegroom in wedding group
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Lady Pond
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Ethel Friese-Greene
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fairground barker
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nursemaid
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soloist at Bath concert
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second platform man, Connaught Rooms
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bride in wedding group
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William Fox-Talbot
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Earl, Bond Street studio
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lady in court dress, Bond Street studio
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Bob, assistant in laboratory
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John Rudge
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sitter in Bath studio
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industry man, Connaught Rooms
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Maurice Guttenburg
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grandmother in wedding group
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industry man, Connaught Rooms
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London Bridge Hotel receptionist
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doctor, Connaught Rooms
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bank manager
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Tom, workman at Lege & Co
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sitter in Bath studio
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glove shop 'dragon'
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[financier]
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[screaming child]
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[dog]
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[.]
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Directed by
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©/The Festival Film Production
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Distributed by
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Produced by
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Production Manager
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[Accountant]
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[Cashier]
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[Production Secretary]
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[Producer's Secretary]
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[Technical Assistant]
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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[2nd Assistant Director]
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[3rd Assistant Director]
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[Continuity]
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Casting Director
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Screenplay by
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Based on the biography by
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Director of Photography
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Associate Cameraman
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Technicolor Colour Consultant
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[Technicolor Camera Technician]
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[Clapper]
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[Stills]
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Editor
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[Assistant Editor]
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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[Set Dresser]
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[Draughtsman]
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[Draughtsman]
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[Property Buyer]
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[Properties Chargehand]
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[Construction Manager]
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Costume Designer
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[Assistant Costume Designer]
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[Costumier]
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[Costumier]
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[Wigs]
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[Wardrobe Master]
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[Wardrobe Mistress]
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Make-up
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[Assistant Make-up]
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Hairdresser
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[Additional Hairdresser]
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[Assistant Hairdresser]
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Music Composed by
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[Music] Conducted by
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Sound Recording Director
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Sound Mixer
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[Sound Camera Operator]
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Sound System
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[Boom Operator]
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[Assistant Boom Operator]
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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[Publicity Director]
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[Assistant Publicity Director]
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Studio
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