The Magic Box [80596] Released: 1952-01-01 Revenue: $110,372 Budget: $0 Profit: $110,372 Runtime: 118 mins Popularity: 0.5709 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-Green Margaret JohnstonEdith Harrison Fries Maria SchellHelena Friese-Greene Renée AshersonMiss Tagg Richard AttenboroughJack Carter Robert BeattyLord Beaverbrook Martin BoddeySitter in Bath Studi Edward ChapmanFather in Family Gro John CharlesworthGraham Friese-Greene Maurice ColbourneBride's Father in we Roland Culver1st Company Promoter John Howard DaviesMaurice Friese-Green Michael DenisonReporter Joan DowlingMaggie Henry EdwardsFox Talbot's Butler Mary EllisNell Collings Marjorie FieldingElderly Viscountess Robert FlemyngDoctor Leo GennMaida Vale Doctor Marius GoringHouse Agent Everley GreggBridegroom's Mother Joyce GrenfellMrs Claire Robertson HareSitter in Bath Studi Kathleen HarrisonMother in Family Gro William HartnellRecruiting Sergeant Joan HicksonMrs Stukely Thora HirdDoctor's Housekeeper Stanley HollowayBroker's Man Patrick HoltSitter in Bath Studi Michael HordernOfficial Receiver Jack HulbertHolborn Policeman Sid JamesArmy Sergeant Glynis JohnsMay Jones Mervyn JohnsGoitz Barry JonesDoctor Peter JonesIndustry Man James KenneyKenneth Friese-Green Ann LancasterBridesmaid in Weddin Herbert LomasWarehouse Manager John LongdenSpeaker in Connaught Bessie LoveBride's Mother in We Miles MallesonOrchestra Conductor Garry MarshCompany Promoter Muir MathiesonSir Arthur Sullivan A.E. MatthewsOld Gentleman Bernard MilesCousin Alfred Richard MurdochSitter in Bath Studi John McCallumSitter in Bath Studi David OakeClaude Friese-Greene Laurence OlivierPolice Constable 94- Cecil Parker1st Platform Man Frank PettingellBridegroom's Father Norman PierceSpeaker in Connaught Eric PortmanArthur Collings Dennis PriceHarold Michael RedgraveMr. Lege Peter ReynoldsBridegroom in Weddin Margaret RutherfordLady Pond Janette ScottEthel Friese-Greene Ronald ShinerFairground Barker Sheila SimNursemaid Oda SlobodskayaSoloist at Bath Conc John Stuart2nd Platform Man at Marianne StoneBride in Wedding Gro Basil SydneyWilliam Fox-Talbot Ernest ThesigerEarl Sybil ThorndikeSitter in Bath Studi David TomlinsonLab Asst Cecil TrouncerJohn Rudge Michael TrubshaweSitter in Bath Studi Peter UstinovIndustry Man Frederick ValkMaurice Guttenburg Amy VenessGrandmother in Weddi Charles VictorIndustry Man Kay WalshHotel Receptionist Norman WatsonDoctor in Connaught Emlyn WilliamsBank Manager Harcourt WilliamsTom Googie WithersSitter in Bath Studi Joan YoungGlove Shop Colleague John SharpFilm Society Member Trailers The Magic Box (1951) - You must be a very happy man.