The Magic Box
A rich and deeply moving story of a man whose achievement opened up a new world, and of the two women whose love and sacrifices made it possible!
118 mins
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.
John Charlesworth
Graham Friese-Greene
Muir Mathieson
Sir Arthur Sullivan
David Oake
Claude Friese-Greene
Norman Pierce
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Oda Slobodskaya
Soloist at Bath Concert
Cecil Trouncer
John Rudge
Norman Watson
Doctor in Connaught Rooms
Richard Best
Editor
George Minassian
Camera Technician
Julia Squire
Costume Designer
Ray Allister
Book
Bob McNaught
Production Manager
Arthur Ibbetson
Assistant Camera
T. Hopewell Ash
Art Direction
Cliff Owen
Assistant Director
Herbert J. Bird
Sound Mixer
Nora Bentley
Hairdresser
John Redway
Casting Director
R. Howard Cricks
Thanks
Max Varnel
Assistant Director
Harold V. King
Sound Director
Harold Fletcher
Makeup Artist
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Joan Bridge
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