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Give Us the Moon (Original title)
Date: 18 September 1944 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Val Guest

Synopsis: Young man falls in with society called 'The Elephants' whose principle is complete disregard for work. Chaos ensues when the society decides to help run the hotel of the man's father.

Genre:
Comedy

Subject:
Hotels
Releases
Date: 1944Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8566 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (22)
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, In Charge of Production: Maurice Ostrer, Producer: Edward Black, Production Manager: Fred Gunn, Scenario Editor: Brock Williams, Screenplay: Val Guest, Additional Dialogue: Caryl Brahms, Additional Dialogue: S.J. Simon, Additional Dialogue: Howard Irving Young, From the novel by: Caryl Brahms, S.J. Simon, Photography: Phil Grindrod, Editor: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Alfred Roome, Art Director: M. Carter, Costumes: Elizabeth Haffenden, Make-up Artist: Len Garde, Incidental Music: Bob Busby, Music Director: Louis Levy, Sound Supervisor: B.C. Sewell, Studio: Gainsborough Studios
Cast (32)
Margaret Lockwood (Nina), Vic Oliver (Sascha), Roland Culver (Ferdinand), Peter Graves (Peter Pyke), Max Bacon (Jacobus), Frank Cellier (Pyke Sr), Jean Simmons (Heidi), Eliot Makeham (General Dumka), George Relph (Otto), Gibb McLaughlin (Marcel), John Salew (landlord), George Merritt (bailiff), Alan Keith (Raphael), Iris Lang (Tania), Jonathan Field (.), Irene Handl (Miss Haddock), Henry Hewitt ([announcer]), Harry Fowler ([bellboy]), Rosamund Greenwood, Artie Ash, Frank Atkinson, George Hirste, Dorothy Bramhall, Jean Capra, Monti De Lyle, Gertrude Kaye, Patricia Owens, Charles Paton, Joy Millan, Lysbeth Sydney, Owen Fellows, Arthur Denton ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v156 n9 26 Aug 1944
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v156 n9 26 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v63 n5061 21 Jul 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5061 21 Jul 1944: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n1945 27 Jul 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1945 27 Jul 1944: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v11 n128 August 1944  Page: 87
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v11 n128 August 1944: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8591 FeetBFI identifier: C-571629
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)



Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8591 FeetBFI identifier: C-571629
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 8573 FeetBFI identifier: C-571627
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8570 FeetBFI identifier: C-571628
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9350 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-68946
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8529 FeetBFI identifier: C-720626
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8529 FeetBFI identifier: C-720627
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film