Bobbikins (Original title)
Date: 17 August 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Comedy about the misunderstandings caused by a 14 months old baby who can talk.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Subject: Babies
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8070 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v158 n36 1 Feb 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8180 17 Jul 1959 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8180 17 Jul 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Aug 1959 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 5 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n308 September 1959 Page: 122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n308 September 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 10
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3201 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-9907
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7999 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-9906
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(9)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3201 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-9907
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7999 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-9906
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8032 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9905
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 206 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9904
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 62 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-202511
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 179 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-202512
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9087 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9902
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 183 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9903
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 638 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9901
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 17 August 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Comedy about the misunderstandings caused by a 14 months old baby who can talk.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Subject: Babies
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8070 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(22)
Presents: Twentieth Century-Fox, Executive Producer: Oscar Brodney, Produced by: Oscar Brodney, Associate Producer: Bob McNaught, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, Continuity: Lee Turner, Casting Director: Nora Roberts, Written by: Oscar Brodney, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: Frank Drake, Editor: Ralph Kemplen, Editor: Stanley Hawkes, Art Director: Allan Harris, Make-up: Alec Garfath, Hairdresser: Alice Holmes, Music Composed and Directed by: Philip Green, Sound Mixer: Sid Wiles, Fred Turtle, Sound Editor: Jim Groom, CinemaScope Lenses: Bausch & Lomb, Studio: British National Studios
Cast
(22)
Shirley Jones (Betty Barnaby), Max Bygraves (Benjamin Barnaby), Billie Whitelaw (Lydia), Barbara Shelley (Valerie), Colin Gordon (Dr. Phillips), Charles Tingwell (Luke), Lionel Jeffries (Gregory Mason), Charles Carson (Sir Jason Crandall), Rupert Davies (Jock Fleming), Noël Hood (Nurse), David Lodge (Hargreave), John Welsh (Admiral), Bill Nagy (Rogers), Murray Kash (Johnson), Arnold Diamond (LaFarge), Baby Steven Stocker (Bobbikins), Michael Ripper (Naval Petty Officer), Charles Lloyd Pack (Stebbins), Trevor Reid (Cavendish), Ronald Fraser (Sailor Joe), John Downing (Sailor Jones), Hugh Moxey (chairman)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: The Hollywood Reporter v158 n36 1 Feb 1960 Page: 3Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v158 n36 1 Feb 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8180 17 Jul 1959 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8180 17 Jul 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Aug 1959 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 5 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n308 September 1959 Page: 122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n308 September 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 10
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3201 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-9907
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7999 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-9906
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(9)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3201 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-9907
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7999 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-9906
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8032 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9905
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 206 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9904
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 62 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-202511
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 179 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-202512
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9087 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9902
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 183 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9903
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 638 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-9901
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status