Another Shore (Original title)
Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 20 December 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Charles Crichton
Synopsis: Tragi-comedy. A young man dreams of the South Sea Islands. When he helps an old man who has had an accident it is arranged that they will go abroad to a tropical island together. However he then meets a young woman and his plans change.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins Length: 6956 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v182 n7 17 Feb 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n180 December 1948 Page: 170
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n180 December 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5732 26 Nov 1948 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5732 26 Nov 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema and Theatre v15 n2 January 1948 Page: 19
Title: [Cinema and Theatre - v15 n2 January 1948: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6953 FeetBFI identifier: C-780085
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 6977 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-842570
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6953 FeetBFI identifier: C-780085
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 6955 FeetBFI identifier: C-780084
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 6955 FeetBFI identifier: C-780083
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6955 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-752791
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 20 December 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Charles Crichton
Synopsis: Tragi-comedy. A young man dreams of the South Sea Islands. When he helps an old man who has had an accident it is arranged that they will go abroad to a tropical island together. However he then meets a young woman and his plans change.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins Length: 6956 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(73)
Production Company: Ealing Studios, Producer: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Ivor Montagu, Unit Production Manager: Slim Hand, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, [Accountant]: Miss L. Laidlaw, [Studio Manager/Technical Supervisor]: Baynham Honri, [Runner]: John Hewlett, Assistant Director: Norman Priggen, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: John Meadows, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Cyril Pope, Continuity: Phyllis Crocker, [Assistant Continuity]: Susan Carbutt, Screenplay: Walter Meade, Based on the novel by: Kenneth Reddin, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Jeff Seaholme, [Focus Puller]: Paul Wilson, Hugh Wilson, [Clapper Loader]: P. Pollock, [Chief Electrician]: Jack Ford, [Electrician]: T. Chapman, [Electrician]: C. Simmonds, [Electrician]: G. Slack, W. Whyte, [Stills]: Bob Penn, [Stills Supervisor]: Jack Dooley, Special Effects: Richard Dendy, Special Effects: Geoffrey Dickinson, Editor: Bernard Gribble, [Assembly Cutter]: Barbara Bennett, [Assistant Editor]: D. Green, Art Director: Malcolm Baker-Smith, [Assistant Art Director]: Bert Davey, [Set Dresser]: Andrew Low, [Draughtsperson]: Jack Shampan, [Draughtsperson]: Roger Hopkin, [Draughtsperson]: Norman Dorme, Ronald Thurgarland, [Storyboards]: Alexander Mackendrick, [Prop Master]: Bob Tull, [Props]: Harry Phipps, R. Beaven, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, [Men's Wardrobe]: Ben Foster, Ernest Farrar, [Ladies's Wardrobe]: Lily Payne, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, [Make-up]: Harry Frampton, Hair: Barbara Barnard, [Assistant Hair]: Daphne Martin, Music: Georges Auric, Music Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Conducted by: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, Sound Recording: John Mitchell, [Sound Assistant]: G. Crampton, [Sound Maintenance]: George Diamond, [Sound Camera Operator]: J. Yeates, [Boom Operator]: A. Steadman, [Boom Assistant]: Pat Wheeler, [Dubbing Editor]: Gordon Stone, [Dubbing Crew]: R. Palmer, W. Robson, Irish Location Adviser: Edward F. Macsweeney, [Stagehand]: H. Sheed, [Dolly Stagehand]: Ted Lockhart, [Rigger]: T. Harris, [Painter]: H. Hasham, [Driver]: E.T. Andrews, T.E. Shackleton, Studio: Ealing Studios
Cast
(28)
Robert Beatty (Gulliver Shields), Moira Lister (Jennifer), Stanley Holloway (Alastair McNeil), Michael Medwin (Yellow Bingham), Sheila Manahan (Nora), Fred O'Donovan (Coghlan), Maureen Delaney (Mrs Gleason), Dermot Kelly (Boxer, Mrs Gleason's nephew), Irene Worth (Bucsy Vere-Brown), Bill Shine (Bats Vere-Brown), Muriel Aked (little old lady), Wilfrid Brambell (Arthur Moore), Michael Dolan (Twiss), W.A. Kelly (old Roger), Michael Golden (D.O. Broderick), Michael O'Mahoney (Officer Fleming), Madame Kirkwood Hackett (strange lady with Alpenstock), John Kelly (Larry, the barman), Desmond Keane (Parkes), Michael Brailsford (errand boy), Edie Martin ([half crown lady]), Grenville Darling ([Mr B]), Glen Alyn ([contrasting young lady]), Madge Heron ([girl in black]), Edward Byrne ([drunk]), Fred Johnson ([1st bystander]), Richard Jenner ([2nd bystander]), Harry Fine ([3rd bystander])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v182 n7 17 Feb 1951 Page: 713Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v182 n7 17 Feb 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n180 December 1948 Page: 170
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n180 December 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5732 26 Nov 1948 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5732 26 Nov 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema and Theatre v15 n2 January 1948 Page: 19
Title: [Cinema and Theatre - v15 n2 January 1948: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6953 FeetBFI identifier: C-780085
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 6977 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-842570
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6953 FeetBFI identifier: C-780085
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 6955 FeetBFI identifier: C-780084
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 6955 FeetBFI identifier: C-780083
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6955 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-752791
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film