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- BFI identifier211183
- Date1949 (Copyright)
1949-08-01 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisPeriod comedy. In Edwardian times Louis Mazzini, the poor relation of a noble family, vows vengeance on them for the treatment of his mother. He murders the eight heirs who stand between him and the Dukedom. He marries the widow of one of his victims, but his former lover successfully accuses him of a murder he did not commit. A last minute reprieve is spoiled by his having left his memoirs in prison. (Synopsis)
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- Credits
- CastDennis Price (Louis Mazzini/Louis' father)
Valerie Hobson (Edith D'Ascoyne)
Joan Greenwood (Sibella Holland)
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Title
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Original)
Noblesse Oblige (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/774D-75BC-9C33-41AA-0246-DCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsKIND HEARTS AND CORONETS - Correspondence, memos, etc. concerning complaint against the film by the Bishop of Matabeleland - MEB-1825
Music Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-746
Script - Script type: Final draft script - SCR-10862
Script - Script type: Final draft script - SCR-10863
Script - Script type: Master scene script - SCR-10864
Medium and small pressbooks held. Music cue sheets held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - PD-16640
Design: costume - Evening gown for Edith d'Ascoyne from "Kind Hearts and Coronets" annotated "Miss Valerie Hobson" "Kind Hearts &Coronets, Film Ealing Studios" - PD-415
Poster: film - PD-22259
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-23366
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-12582
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-bfk
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-bfj
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-dfy
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b6e
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b6d
view all - Articles
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes November 2012
BFI Southbank Programme Notes July 2019
BFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2018
BFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2016
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Work - 211183 - 1949 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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