The Gypsy and the Gentleman (Original title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 24 February 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: In Regency days, lovely gypsy marries a gentleman to find too late that all his cash has gone. But his sister comes into a fortune, and the gypsy with her lover do all they can to prevent the girl getting her dues, but all their schemes are frustrated and the gentleman drags the gypsy to death with him.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 15 January 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Length: 9630 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v214 n1 10 Jan 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n7945 16 Jan 1958 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n7945 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Feb 1958 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 5 Feb 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2631 16 Jan 1958 Page: 18
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2631 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n290 March 1958 Page: 32
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n290 March 1958: no known title]Language: English
Author: O'SULLIVAN, Kritel Pages: 27 p.
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9607 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-1220064
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9640 FeetBFI identifier: C-73607
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Description: 35mm Original Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 9627 FeetBFI identifier: C-735046
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Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 24 February 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: In Regency days, lovely gypsy marries a gentleman to find too late that all his cash has gone. But his sister comes into a fortune, and the gypsy with her lover do all they can to prevent the girl getting her dues, but all their schemes are frustrated and the gentleman drags the gypsy to death with him.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 15 January 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Length: 9630 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Credits
(31)
©: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, Presents: The Rank Organisation, a Maurice Cowan production: Maurice Cowan, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Maurice Cowan, Production Controller for Pinewood: Arthur Alcott, Assistant to the Producer: T.S. Lyndon-Haynes, Assistant Director: Robert Asher, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: Janet Green, From the novel by: Nina Warner Hooke, Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard, Camera Operator: Jim Bawden, Editor: Reginald Beck, [Production Designer]: Richard Macdonald, Art Director: Ralph Brinton, Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon, Costumes Designed by: Julie Harris, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Hairdressing: Pauline Trent, Helen Penfold, Wigs by: Florrie Hyde, Music Composed and Conducted by: Hans May, [Music] Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Sound Recordist: Robert T. MacPhee, Gordon K. McCallum, [Sound Assistant]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound Editor: Jim Groom, Historical Adviser: Vyvyan Holland, Studio: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(35)
Melina Mercouri (Belle), Keith Michell (Sir Paul Deverill), Flora Robson (Mrs Haggard), Patrick McGoohan (Jess), June Laverick (Sarah Deverill), Lyndon Brook (John Patterson), Helen Haye (Lady Ayrton), Mervyn Johns (Brook), Laurence Naismith (Forrester), Clare Austin (Vanessa), Catherine Feller (Hattie), Nigel Green (Game Pup), Newton Blick (Ruddock), David Hart (Will), John Salew (Duffin), Ellen Pollock (.), Laurence Taylor (Cropped Harry), Howard Greene (.), Edna Morris (Mrs Piggot), Gladys Boot (Mr Mutimer), Louis Aquilina ([Coco]), Maureen Gander, Jane Rieger, Anthony Richmond, Lynne Roberts, Billy Lawrence, Anthony John, Virginia Mollett, Teresa Hall, Brian Jacobs, Peter Hicks, John Bush, Colin Pike, Jean Tierney, Joyce Sapsford ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Motion Picture Herald v214 n1 10 Jan 1959 Page: 108Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v214 n1 10 Jan 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n7945 16 Jan 1958 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n7945 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Feb 1958 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 5 Feb 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2631 16 Jan 1958 Page: 18
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2631 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n290 March 1958 Page: 32
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n290 March 1958: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Exiled aestheticsAuthor: O'SULLIVAN, Kritel Pages: 27 p.
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9607 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-1220064
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9640 FeetBFI identifier: C-73607
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - LTO5Duration: 01:47:06 minutesMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-368975-2
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-368859-2
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Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-369032-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-368916
Status: Removed - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-368975
Status: Removed - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:47:07 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-368916-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5Duration: 01:47:06 minutesMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-368975-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9607 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-1220064
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9640 FeetBFI identifier: C-73607
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Original Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 9627 FeetBFI identifier: C-735046
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9627 FeetBFI identifier: C-735047
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film