He Found a Star (Original title)
Date: 22 September 1941 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: A stage manager starts a theatrical agency with the intention of finding unknown talent and making them stars.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Releases
Date: 1941Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7997 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v8 n93 September 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v57 n4614 29 Aug 1941
Title: [Today's Cinema - v57 n4614 29 Aug 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v144 n12 20 Sep 1941
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v144 n12 20 Sep 1941: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7801 FeetBFI identifier: C-75810
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(12)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7801 FeetBFI identifier: C-75810
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7798 FeetBFI identifier: C-75808
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7789 FeetBFI identifier: C-75809
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 750 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75816
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9050 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75817
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 850 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75806
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5400 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75811
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: MixedSound: SoundLength: 950 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75812
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3550 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75807
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3600 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75813
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1550 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75814
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 825 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75815
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 22 September 1941 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: A stage manager starts a theatrical agency with the intention of finding unknown talent and making them stars.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Releases
Date: 1941Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7997 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(23)
Production Company: John Corfield Productions, A John Corfield Production: John Corfield, Production Management: A. Nelson Keys, Assistant Director: George Pollock, Screenplay by: Bridget Boland, Additional Dialogue by: Austin Melford, Based on Monica Ewer's novel 'Ring O Roses': Monica Ewer, Photography: Ernest Palmer, Camera Operator: Gus Drisse, 2nd Camera: Harry Gillam, Camera Assistant: Jim Body, Camera Assistant: Chris Holden, Editing: Michael Chorlton, Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Miss Churchill's and Miss Dall's Dresses by: Strassner, Norman Hartnell, Make-up: Nelly Taylor, The song 'Waitin'' by: Harold Purcell, Manning Sherwin, Musical Direction: Ben Frankel, Dance Direction: Philip Buchel, Sound: George Burgess
Cast
(21)
Vic Oliver (Lucky Lyndon), Sarah Churchill (Ruth Cavour), Evelyn Dall (Suzanne), Gabrielle Brune (Diane), George Merritt (Max Nagel), Charles Victor (Ben Marsh), Robert Atkins (Frank Forrester), Peggy Novak (Madame), Jonathan Field (Bob Oliphant), Peggy McCormack (herself), Uriel Porter (George Washington "Wash" Brown), J.H. Roberts (Victor Cavour), Raymond Lovell (Maurier), Barbara Everest (Mrs Cavour), Joan Greenwood ('Babe' Cavour), David Evans (Jimmy Cavour), Cyril Chamberlain (Louis), Robert Sansom (Dick Hargreaves), Mignon O'Doherty (Mrs Mahoney), The Kellways (Elsie & Jack), Peter Saunders (Raymond)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v8 n93 September 1941 Page: 113Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v8 n93 September 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v57 n4614 29 Aug 1941
Title: [Today's Cinema - v57 n4614 29 Aug 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v144 n12 20 Sep 1941
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v144 n12 20 Sep 1941: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7801 FeetBFI identifier: C-75810
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(12)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7801 FeetBFI identifier: C-75810
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7798 FeetBFI identifier: C-75808
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7789 FeetBFI identifier: C-75809
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 750 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75816
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9050 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75817
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 850 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75806
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5400 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75811
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: MixedSound: SoundLength: 950 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75812
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3550 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75807
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3600 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75813
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1550 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75814
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 825 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-75815
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film