The Blue Lagoon (Original title)
Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 18 April 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Frank Launder
Synopsis: Two children and a sailor are shipwrecked on a desert island. The sailor dies and the children grow up and learn to fend for themselves but always long for civilisation. Two disreputable sailors turn up, but quarrel and kill each other eventually the boy and girl fall in love and have a baby.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9267 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v176 n5 6 Aug 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v72 n5771 1 Mar 1949
Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5771 1 Mar 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n184 April 1949 Page: 59
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n184 April 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema and Theatre v15 n2 January 1948 Page: 16
Title: [Cinema and Theatre - v15 n2 January 1948: no known title]Language: English
Author: BABINGTON, Bruce Pages: 246 p.
Title: Jean Simmons' Blue Lagoon diary
Author: SIMMONS, Jean Pages: [32]p.
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Description: BFI identifier: C-9566
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Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1992BFI identifier: C-717097
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8756 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-9594
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9093 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-724969
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9094 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-736222
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 485 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-9567
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Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8823 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9593
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Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 171 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-721712
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9569
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Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8823 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9559
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Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9075 FeetBFI identifier: C-717098
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Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 171 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-721710
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Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 18 April 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Frank Launder
Synopsis: Two children and a sailor are shipwrecked on a desert island. The sailor dies and the children grow up and learn to fend for themselves but always long for civilisation. Two disreputable sailors turn up, but quarrel and kill each other eventually the boy and girl fall in love and have a baby.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9267 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(38)
©: Independent Producers, An Individual Picture: Individual Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Presents: The Rank Organisation, [Production Company]: Pinewood Films, Released through: General Film Distributors, A Gilliat Launder Production: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Unit Manager: Leslie Gilliat, Production Manager: E.M. Smedley Aston, Assistant Director: Percy Hermes, Assistant Director: Parry Jones, Continuity: Carole Acason, Screenplay by: Frank Launder, Screenplay by: John Baines, Michael Hogan, From the novel by: H. de Vere Stacpoole, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Technicolor Colour Director: Natalie Kalmus, Associate Colour Director: Joan Bridge, Cameraman: Arthur Ibbetson, Film Editor: Thelma Myers, Film Cutter: Joan Warwick, Art Director: Edward Carrick, Assistant Art Director: Tony Inglis, Assistant Art Director: Elvin Webb, Costumes: Elizabeth Hennings, Make-up (Using Leichner Kamera-Klear...): George Blackler, Music Composed by: Clifton Parker, [Music] Played by: The London Symphony Orchestra, [L.S.O.] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: John Dennis, Charles Poulton, Sound System: Western Electric, [1st Assistant Dubbing Mixer]: Peter T. Davies, Dubbing: Gordon K. McCallum, closing logo: D&P Studios, [Made] at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(23)
Jean Simmons (Emmeline Foster), Donald Houston (Michael Reynolds), Noel Purcell (Paddy Button), Cyril Cusack (James Carter), James Hayter (Dr Edgar Murdoch), Susan Stranks (Emmeline Foster (as a child)), Peter Jones (Michael Reynolds (as a child)), Maurice Denham (Captain Johnson), Philip Stainton (Mr Anstey (first mate)), Patrick Barr (Mr Bruce (second mate)), Nora Nicholson (Mrs Stannard), Lyn Evans (Trotter), Russell Waters (Craggs), Stuart Lindsell (Henry, yachtsman), Dorothy Batley (Henry's wife), John Boxer ([Nick Corbett]), Bill Raymond ([Marsden]), Kathleen Bootal ([other woman]), Gladys Boot ([woman passenger (yacht)]), Edwin Styles ([passenger (yacht)]), Anthony Verney ([1st sailor (yacht)]), Anthony Baird ([2nd sailor (yacht)]), A.E. Kelly ([leprechaun - role cut])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v176 n5 6 Aug 1949 Page: 4706Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v176 n5 6 Aug 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v72 n5771 1 Mar 1949
Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5771 1 Mar 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n184 April 1949 Page: 59
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n184 April 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema and Theatre v15 n2 January 1948 Page: 16
Title: [Cinema and Theatre - v15 n2 January 1948: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Launder and GilliatAuthor: BABINGTON, Bruce Pages: 246 p.
Title: Jean Simmons' Blue Lagoon diary
Author: SIMMONS, Jean Pages: [32]p.
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8756 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-9594
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9093 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-724969
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9094 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-736222
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Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 96.52 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-752852
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 96.52 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-752853
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Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 96.52 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-752852
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 96.52 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-752853
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.57 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1333941
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Description: BFI identifier: C-9566
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Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1992BFI identifier: C-717097
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8756 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-9594
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9093 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-724969
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9094 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-736222
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Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8823 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9591
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Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PromasterBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9075 FeetBFI identifier: C-717099
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Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 171 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-721711
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 485 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-9567
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8823 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9593
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9075 FeetBFI identifier: C-717100
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 171 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-721712
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-9592
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 9101 FeetBFI identifier: C-717170
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Cyan Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-9574
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Magenta Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-9573
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9569
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-517863
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Yellow Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9072 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-9575
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 9208 FeetStock date: 1992BFI identifier: C-717171
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8823 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-9559
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9075 FeetBFI identifier: C-717098
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 171 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-721710
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film