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According to Kinematograph Weekly, 49th Parallel was the most popular film at the British box office in 1941. [15] [16] The Times attributed the success of the film to the enthusiasm of Odeon Cinemas founder Oscar Deutsch. [17] Variety estimated that the film earned $1.3 million in U.S. rentals in 1942. [18]
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 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
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 ...
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]
Johns' scene in the 1941 British historical drama The Prime Minister as Miss Sheridan did not make the final cut, [26] though her role in the 1941 British and Canadian World War II drama film 49th Parallel, in which she replaced Elisabeth Bergner as Anna, earned her a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting and international acclaim.
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (/ ˈ l ɒr ə n s ˈ k ɜːr ə ˈ l ɪ v i eɪ / LORR-ənss KUR ə-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director.He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early years