The Magic Box (1951)
Note: this print runs 108 minutes against a recorded 118 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Barry Jones, Bernard Miles, Bessie Love, Edward Chapman
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
The Magic Box is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Olivier.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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