May 28th
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness**
GB 1958. Twentieth Century Fox. 158m. Cinemascope
The true story of would-be missionary Gladys Aylward, who in the 1930s successfully transported hundreds of refugee children across the Chinese mountains to safety during the war against Japan.
A typical piece of Hollywood sincerity (shot mostly in North Wales) with a rather international cast and crew doing a thoroughly professional job in giving a rather maudlin scenario (with dollops of clumsy comedy and added romance) the proper conviction, particularly in its latter third.
Written by: Isobel Lennart, from the novel "The Small Woman" by Alan Burgess.
Producer: Buddy Adler.
Director: Mark Robson.
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat (who died soon after completing his scenes), Athene Seyler, Peter Chong, Moultrie Kelsall, Ronald Squire, Richard Wattis, Burt Kwouk.
Photography: Frederick A. Young.
Music: Malcolm Arnold.
Art Direction: John Box, Geoffrey Drake.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness**
GB 1958. Twentieth Century Fox. 158m. Cinemascope
The true story of would-be missionary Gladys Aylward, who in the 1930s successfully transported hundreds of refugee children across the Chinese mountains to safety during the war against Japan.
A typical piece of Hollywood sincerity (shot mostly in North Wales) with a rather international cast and crew doing a thoroughly professional job in giving a rather maudlin scenario (with dollops of clumsy comedy and added romance) the proper conviction, particularly in its latter third.
Written by: Isobel Lennart, from the novel "The Small Woman" by Alan Burgess.
Producer: Buddy Adler.
Director: Mark Robson.
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat (who died soon after completing his scenes), Athene Seyler, Peter Chong, Moultrie Kelsall, Ronald Squire, Richard Wattis, Burt Kwouk.
Photography: Frederick A. Young.
Music: Malcolm Arnold.
Art Direction: John Box, Geoffrey Drake.
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