The Magic Box [80596] Released: 1952-01-01 Revenue: $110,372 Budget: $0 Profit: $110,372 Runtime: 118 mins Popularity: 0.9826 Vote Average: 6.3 Vote Count: 21 Overview: 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. Cast [81] Robert DonatWilliam Friese-G Margaret JohnstonEdith Harrison F Maria SchellHelena Friese-Gr Renée AshersonMiss Tagg Richard AttenboroughJack Carter Robert BeattyLord Beaverbrook Martin BoddeySitter in Bath S Edward ChapmanFather in Family John CharlesworthGraham Friese-Gr Maurice ColbourneBride's Father i Roland Culver1st Company Prom John Howard DaviesMaurice Friese-G Michael DenisonReporter Joan DowlingMaggie Henry EdwardsFox Talbot's But Mary EllisNell Collings Marjorie FieldingElderly Viscount Robert FlemyngDoctor Leo GennMaida Vale Docto Marius GoringHouse Agent Everley GreggBridegroom's Mot Joyce GrenfellMrs Claire Robertson HareSitter in Bath S Kathleen HarrisonMother in Family William HartnellRecruiting Serge Joan HicksonMrs Stukely Thora HirdDoctor's Houseke Stanley HollowayBroker's Man Patrick HoltSitter in Bath S Michael HordernOfficial Receive Jack HulbertHolborn Policema Sid JamesArmy Sergeant Glynis JohnsMay Jones Mervyn JohnsGoitz Barry JonesDoctor Peter JonesIndustry Man James KenneyKenneth Friese-G Ann LancasterBridesmaid in We Herbert LomasWarehouse Manage John LongdenSpeaker in Conna Bessie LoveBride's Mother i Miles MallesonOrchestra Conduc Garry MarshCompany Promoter Muir MathiesonSir Arthur Sulli A.E. MatthewsOld Gentleman Bernard MilesCousin Alfred Richard MurdochSitter in Bath S John McCallumSitter in Bath S David OakeClaude Friese-Gr Laurence OlivierPolice Constable Cecil Parker1st Platform Man Frank PettingellBridegroom's Fat Norman PierceSpeaker in Conna Eric PortmanArthur Collings Dennis PriceHarold Michael RedgraveMr. Lege Peter ReynoldsBridegroom in We Margaret RutherfordLady Pond Janette ScottEthel Friese-Gre Ronald ShinerFairground Barke Sheila SimNursemaid Oda SlobodskayaSoloist at Bath John Stuart2nd Platform Man Marianne StoneBride in Wedding Basil SydneyWilliam Fox-Talb Ernest ThesigerEarl Sybil ThorndikeSitter in Bath S David TomlinsonLab Asst Cecil TrouncerJohn Rudge Michael TrubshaweSitter in Bath S Peter UstinovIndustry Man Frederick ValkMaurice Guttenbu Amy VenessGrandmother in W Charles VictorIndustry Man Kay WalshHotel Receptioni Norman WatsonDoctor in Connau Emlyn WilliamsBank Manager Harcourt WilliamsTom Googie WithersSitter in Bath S Joan YoungGlove Shop Colle John SharpFilm Society Mem Trailers The Magic Box (1951) - You must be a very happy man.