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Variety estimated that the film earned $1.3 million in U.S. rentals in 1942. [18] The film earned a total of $5 million at the North American box office. [3] The British Film Institute ranked 49th Parallel at #63 among the most popular films with British audiences based on a cinema attendance of 9.3 million in the UK.
The second was 49th Parallel (1941), which won Pressburger an Academy Award for Best Story. Both are Hitchcock-like thrillers made as anti-Nazi propaganda. For these three films, Powell is the credited director (also producer on 49th Parallel), while Pressburger is credited with the screenplay: The Spy in Black (1939) Contraband (1940) 49th ...
49th Parallel: Ortus Films (and Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)) US title: The Invaders: 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing: The Archers. British National 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: The Archers/ Independent Producers The Volunteer: The Archers. Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) a short propaganda film 1944 A ...
He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaboration partnership known as the Archers, and produced a series of films, including 49th Parallel (US: The Invaders, 1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (US: Stairway to Heaven, 1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red ...
49th parallel may refer to: 49th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 49th parallel south, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere; 49th Parallel, a 1941 Canadian and British film; Canada–United States border, sometimes referred to as the "49th parallel" due to much of it following the 49th parallel north
In 1941 he had his first important film role playing Lieutenant Hirth, a Nazi on the run, in Powell and Pressburger's 49th Parallel, which was a big hit in the US and Britain. Portman was established as a star and signed a long-term contract with Gainsborough Pictures. [6]
Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor John Smith in a scene from “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The book and movie are set in North Carolina, though the movie was filmed in Louisiana.
In 1940 he composed his first film score, for the propaganda film 49th Parallel. [63] In 1942 Michael Wood died suddenly of heart failure. At Adeline's behest the widowed Ursula was invited to stay with the Vaughan Williamses in Dorking, and thereafter was a regular visitor there, sometimes staying for weeks at a time.