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Stupenda conquista

Titolo originale: The Magic Box
  • 1951
  • Approved
  • 1h 58min
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Stupenda conquista (1951)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.

  • Regia
    • John Boulting
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Ray Allister
    • Eric Ambler
  • Star
    • Robert Donat
    • Maria Schell
    • Renée Asherson
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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    • Regia
      • John Boulting
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ray Allister
      • Eric Ambler
    • Star
      • Robert Donat
      • Maria Schell
      • Renée Asherson
    • 37Recensioni degli utenti
    • 14Recensioni della critica
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    • Nominato ai 2 BAFTA Award
      • 1 vittoria e 2 candidature totali

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    Robert Donat
    Robert Donat
    • William Friese-Greene
    Maria Schell
    Maria Schell
    • Helena Friese-Greene
    Renée Asherson
    Renée Asherson
    • Miss Tagg
    • (as Renee Asherson)
    Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    • Jack Carter
    Robert Beatty
    Robert Beatty
    • Lord Beaverbrook
    Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey
    • Sitter in Bath Studio
    Edward Chapman
    Edward Chapman
    • Father in Family Group
    John Charlesworth
    • Graham Friese-Greene
    Maurice Colbourne
    Maurice Colbourne
    • Bride's Father in Wedding Group
    Roland Culver
    Roland Culver
    • 1st Company Promoter
    John Howard Davies
    John Howard Davies
    • Maurice Friese-Greene
    Michael Denison
    Michael Denison
    • Reporter - Connaught Rooms
    Joan Dowling
    • Maggie
    Henry Edwards
    Henry Edwards
    • Butler at Fox Talbot's
    Mary Ellis
    Mary Ellis
    • Mrs. Nell Collings
    Marjorie Fielding
    Marjorie Fielding
    • Elderly Viscountess
    Robert Flemyng
    Robert Flemyng
    • Doctor in Surgery
    Leo Genn
    Leo Genn
    • Maida Vale Doctor
    • Regia
      • John Boulting
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ray Allister
      • Eric Ambler
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    David3-D

    A biography of one of the true first inventors of the cinema.

    A brilliant biography of one of the virtually unknown inventors of modern motion pictures. The historical aspects are incredibly well researched and detailed (look at the film credits)-- down to the reproduction of a beautiful example of his first twin-lensed motion picture camera, which was stereoscopic (which proved not be be practical until the introduction of polarized projection at the 1939 World's Fair). This film was made as a showcase piece for the 1951 "Festival of Britain" at the current location of the Royal Festival Hall and the Museum of the Moving Image on the banks of the Thames in London, England. What remains of the original Friese-Greene camera may be seen at the Science Museum in London. For those interested in the history of the cinema, and its earliest experiments, this is a "must see" film. Historical footage is brilliantly incorporated into the story. Although the presentation is a little bit slow by today's standards, it remains a fascinating and unique film. For related topics see the book "The Missing Reel", by Christopher Rawlence, about the other unknown film pioneer, Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince.
    8bkoganbing

    A Forgotten Pioneer

    I'm sure it didn't hurt in the resolve of the British film industry to honor one of its pioneers and one who some claim to have been the actual inventor of motion pictures, William Friese-Greene, to have one of his grandchildren, Richard Greene as a film star in his own right. The Magic Box is a fine tribute to someone generally forgotten if known at all to American audiences especially.

    Robert Donat brings his Mr. Chips character and weaves it into the character of William Friese-Greene. The story is told in flashback and in reverse order, first by his second wife Margaret Johnston from their first meeting in 1897 through their marriages and then later by Donat himself as he remembers his first wife Maria Schell. But in both remembrances, the thing that stands out is his driving obsession to capture movement on some medium. As Donat eloquently puts it, 'movement is life'.

    It costs him dear, he does not get the credit he feels due him, it goes to that upstart Thomas Edison from the USA. Actually fellow Britishers George Alfred Smith and Charles Urban and Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumiere and Emile Reynaud all could claim pioneering contributions to the motion picture as well. Friese-Greene was a fine portrait photographer, but spent all his money on his experiments, even selling the patent he took out on his early motion picture camera.

    Donat, Johnston and Schell are supported by a massive cast of the best British players doing small parts in tribute and belated recognition to the guy who now is considered if not THE inventor of motion pictures, the founder of British cinema. From Laurence Olivier in the role of an astonished policeman who is the first to see Robert Donat's breakthrough, to Bernard Miles as Donat's stuffy cousin who's worried about having the bite put on him, to young John Howard Davies as the youngest of Friese-Greene's sons, you'll recognize lots of familiar faces.

    Still the film belongs to Donat as the obsessed, but touching Friese- Greene who helped give the world a universal medium of entertainment. Donat never gave a bad performance on the screen and Friese-Greene ranks among his best.
    falon

    A Terrific Movie

    The most enjoyable and very emotional scene was when Robert Donat (Wm. Friese-Greene) finally succeeds in producing moving images on a sheet he's hung in his studio...he runs like a madman into the street in the middle of the night desperate to find someone to witness this miracle. Who does he find? Sir Laurence Olivier..a Police Constable . Donat ushers him into his lab, sits him down and proceeds to ramble on about what he's invented. Sir Laurence, the ever vigilant and cautious policeman thinks he's some kind of nut and slowly reaches for his night stick..that's when Robert Donat flicks on the first moving pictures of Hyde Park...Olivier is flabergasted..gets up moves to the sheet and looks behind it.."That's Hyde Park!' After rambling some more Robert Donat breaks into tears..finally explaining what he has accomplished..Olivier replies "You must be a very happy man"..a terrific scene and one I'll never forget. A cameo appearance by Lord Olivier and a very memorable scene.
    7dbdumonteil

    Wonderful Robert Donat!

    A first-class actor ,playing a character from his youth to an old man,with the same talent:he is as convincing as the mischievous boy who takes photographs unbeknown to his boss as the old man who tries to save the seventh art from the moneychangers in the Temple . The film has an unusually inventive construction:it is roughly made of two flashbacks ,but the first one takes place after the second one."The magic box" tells the story of a pioneer of the cinema who died in dire straits ("that's the price for a seat for pictures" )His destiny resembles that of Georges Méliès who ended his life selling candies in a railway station and who never complained about his fate.Geniuses often die unnoticed.The cinematography is splendid with tasteful colors ,the dialog does not forget humor (Donat:"Enjoy yourselves!Schell:"We're going to the church!!"),and there are very powerful scenes:the concert where Schell sings a moving solo "Where is he?I know not!I know not!";an ecstatic Donat showing his film to a constable .The cast is incredibly various and includes such luminaries as Laurence Olivier,Margaret Rutherford,Peter Ustinov,Stanley Holloway and more ,all in supporting parts or even often cameos.

    How prophetic the pioneer's last words were!
    8padsett

    Terrific film for film collectors and film buffs

    This is the 1951 feature made by the British film industry to celebrate the festival of Britain. The film stars a virtual who's who of all the famous British cinema actors of that time, and one of the fun things about this film is trying to identify all of them as they pop up in various cameo roles. The story is the biography of William Friese- Greene, who this film claims invented the motion picture camera and projector. Edison and Lumiere are casually acknowledged as also being motion picture pioneers, but Friese-Greene is claimed to have had the first intermittent mechanism (presumably the Maltese cross) used in today's cinema projectors. It also claims that he invented the biocolour process, where color motion pictures are produced by rotating two color filters in front of the camera and projector (KinemaColour). The lead role is beautifully played by Robert Donat as the quiet intense inventor obsessed with producing moving photographs, and his wife is competently played by Maria Schell. Also appearing in cameo roles are Michael Redgrave, Richard Attenborough, Peter Ustinov, Stanley Holloway, Michael Dennison, the great Dennis Price, the beautiful Glynnis Johns and her father Mervyn Johns, the eccentric Joyce Grenfell, the wonderful Margeret Rutherford, and a host of others too long to mention. The most famous cameo is by Sir Laurence Olivier, as the astonished policeman who witnesses Friese-Greene's first triumph, the projection of moving images of Hyde Park on an improvised sheet screen. This is the most remembered scene of the film, and Friese Greene's excitement at this event reminded me of my own excitement when I first turned the handle on my first Pathescope 9.5mm projector! The film is of great interest to film collectors and movie buffs, containing beautiful shots of old wood and brass magic lanterns and early movie equipment. There are many wonderful scenes, such as the Victorian photo studio where they show customers having to stand absolutely still for 30 seconds to get their photo taken! The film was produced by Roy Boulting, and the beautiful Victorian settings and costumes are sumptuously photographed by Jack Cardiff. My family and friends really enjoyed this movie, it is low key almost like a BBC period drama, but if you are a film collector you will love it. We take the showing of films in our homes for granted these days, and it easy to forget the real struggle by inventors such as Friese- Greene to achieve what seemed impossible at the time. American audiences will of course have to (at least temporarily) suspend their belief that Edison was the sole inventor of the motion picture camera ( in fact Edison was primarily a business man and entrepreneur who copied many of the motion picture concepts developed by Lumiere in France) This film is very rare indeed. I don't think it exists on VHS or DVD,(certainly not in the USA), however Super 8mm film prints do exist, so if you find an S8 print grab it! My particular super 8 print is a 2400 ft Agfa color print, pin sharp with beautiful rich colors and great contrast. The mono magnetic track sound quality is very good for a film of 1951 vintage. Highly recommended, if you can find it.

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      One of the extras in this movie is a teenage Ronald Kray (later the infamous London gangster).
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      In 1915 when Green's three eldest sons join the army, the landlord's agent mentions that the Spanish influenza is going around. In actuality the Spanish influenza did not begin until 1918.
    • Citazioni

      William Fox-Talbot: The original thinker - the innovator - mustn't mind seeming a little foolish to his contemporaries. He must always look to his star... In the end, he may still fail. That's unimportant. If he is true to himself, he won't be too unhappy or embittered, even in failure, and will still speak for what is good.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      Opening credits superimposed over tablets bearing the following inscriptions: THOMAS ALVA EDISON 1847 - 1931 THE INVENTOR OF MOTION PICTURES / ETIENNE-JULES MAREY 1830 - 1908 FONDATEUR DU CINEMA / LOUIS LE PRINCE 1842 - 1890 L'INVENTEUR DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE LOUIS LUMIERE 1864 - 1948 AVEC SON FRERE LE CREATEUR DU CINEMA MODERNE
    • Connessioni
      Edited into Kraft Television Theatre: The Magic Box (1956)
    • Colonne sonore
      Let the Great Big World Keep Turning
      (1917) (uncredited)

      Written by Nat Ayer and Clifford Grey

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    • Data di uscita
      • 1 agosto 1952 (Australia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(Studio)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Festival Film Productions
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