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Una joven pareja hereda un cine, con todas sus deudas y trabajadores seniles.Una joven pareja hereda un cine, con todas sus deudas y trabajadores seniles.Una joven pareja hereda un cine, con todas sus deudas y trabajadores seniles.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Nominada a1 premio BAFTA
- 1 nominación en total
Francis De Wolff
- Albert Hardcastle
- (as Francis de Wolff)
The Blake Twins
- Cast Members
- (sin créditos)
Terry Burton
- The First Customer
- (sin créditos)
John Bush
- Cast Member
- (sin créditos)
Ted Carroll
- Bijou Cinema Patron
- (sin créditos)
Jimmy Charters
- Bijou Cinema Patron
- (sin créditos)
Opiniones destacadas
It seems to me that in recent years most filmmakers believe that to hold a viewer's interest a film must be fast-paced, full of conflict, and in short "edgy". The British comedies from the this time are leisurely paced, and work extraordinarily well because they are full of wit, first-class acting, and not a small dose of irony. For me, "The Smallest Show on Earth" is a "sleeper". In the US I suspect it is lesser known than "The Mouse that Roared" and some of the wonderful Alec Guinness comedies; but I find its' gentility and droll humor to be wonderful! (I would also add that I think that it's a shame Peter Sellers - who has a marvelous supporting role as a doddering projectionist - is best known to moviegoers in the US from his Pink Panther movies, which I think were mostly a waste of his prodigious talents.)
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Who hasn't seen a forlorn, forgotten little neighborhood theatre and fantasized about reopening it, and making it work? For Jean and Matt, though, who have no options after starting over in a strange city, it becomes a necessity. The hopeless crusade becomes the kind of poignant-yet-hilarious stuff that makes for an unforgettable film. Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers and Bernard Miles, as the former staff members recalled from retirement, have a magical scene together in the Bijou's darkened auditorium one night after closing time, recalling the old days with a silent film and the disused piano. Great stuff. I only wish the film was longer.
This film is one of my favourites because fifty years ago I was a young projectionists in a small cinema in the East Midlands, England. My future wife, was also a projectionist there (this was just after World War II, and the men were still away in the forces) and was where we met. I later became a movie house manager for several years before leaving the business with the advent of TV. Although it was hilarious the film hit the nail on the head with many home truths. The projectionist and the cashier were always rivals and vied for positions of authority. I knew many projectionists who were fond of the bottle. The way the show was kept running in all adversities was also typical of real life in a small "flea pit". A great film of days that used to be ! Incidentally my wife and I celebrated our golden wedding two years ago, and we did our courting at the movies on our days off.
I saw this film on DVD. It was part of a package of 50 old films - it hadn't been restored and appeared much older than its 50 years. I had trouble reading the titles and credits.
What ever happened to all those old cinemas? This is one of them. In one scene the projectionist is having a horrid time and the film burns causing a "melt" before the audience. I experienced this at a local theatre in Papua New Guinea and it took me right back. And how the audience would tolerate it. Well sort of.
The scene where the three old codgers watch a silent film is very touching. In fact, I thought this would surface again in the film but it didn't.
It was delightful. The ending is not your stereotypical Hollywood film that we accept as the norm.
If you can get this film - it is well worth the watch.
What ever happened to all those old cinemas? This is one of them. In one scene the projectionist is having a horrid time and the film burns causing a "melt" before the audience. I experienced this at a local theatre in Papua New Guinea and it took me right back. And how the audience would tolerate it. Well sort of.
The scene where the three old codgers watch a silent film is very touching. In fact, I thought this would surface again in the film but it didn't.
It was delightful. The ending is not your stereotypical Hollywood film that we accept as the norm.
If you can get this film - it is well worth the watch.
This film starts off with a young couple inheriting from an uncle long forgotten. An old theatre named the "Bijou" but known to the locals as the "flea pit" starts the fun. Apart from a closed decaying building, the couple also inherit three old eccentric people who are the employees of the Bijou. Not to be left out is the nefarious owner of the town's other theatre house who wants the valuable land under the Bijou for expansion. The young couple reopen the old theatre to an array of problems. You actually begin to "root" for the employees and couple to keep the old theatre going. Ingenuity is upmost in "bringing" and "keeping" paying customers. These attempts are both amusing and creative and makes this film worth watching.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaThe production insurers declined to cover Dame Margaret Rutherford, so all of her scenes were squeezed into seven days.
- ErroresWhen the young couple arrive in "Sloughborough", in the north of England, they climb out of the taxi in front of Hammersmith underground station in London.
- Citas
Hardcastle: A nice young couple like yourself, you've no business in this business. If you'd seen your great uncle what it did for him in the end! That old battle-ax Mrs. Fazackalee! I remember when she was a wee slip of a thing, pretty as a picture - a "B" picture, mind yuh!
[laughs]
- ConexionesFeatured in A Bit of Scarlet (1997)
- Bandas sonorasGod Save the Queen
(uncredited)
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Big Time Operators
- Locaciones de filmación
- Christchurch Avenue, Kilburn, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(exterior of Bijou Cinema)
- Productoras
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- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 20 minutos
- Color
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By what name was The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) officially released in Canada in English?
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