The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)

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The Pickwick Papers
File:The Pickwick Papers 1952 poster.jpg
Original British 1952 quad film poster
Directed by Noel Langley
Produced by George Minter
Noel Langley
Screenplay by Noel Langley
Based on The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
Starring James Hayter
James Donald
Nigel Patrick
Joyce Grenfell
Music by Antony Hopkins
Cinematography Wilkie Cooper
Edited by Anne V. Coates
Production
company
Renown Film Productions[1]
Distributed by Renown Picture Corp.[2] (UK)
Release dates
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  • 14 November 1952 (1952-11-14) (UK[3])
Running time
 115 min[2]
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 British black-and-white film based on the Charles Dickens classic. Both screenplay and direction were by Noel Langley.

The film premiered at the Gaumont Cinema at Haymarket in London on 14 November 1952.[3] In 1954 Soviet Union paid £10,000 for the distribution rights, and it became the first British film to be shown in Soviet Union after World War II, premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrack.[4] The film was followed by a Russian reprint of Dickens' book in 150,000 copies a month later.[5]

Main cast

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Awards and nominations

  • James Hayter was nominated for the BAFTA Best British Actor award in 1953 for his portrayal of Samuel Pickwick.
  • The Pickwick Papers was awarded a Golden Bear in the Soviet Union in 1954[6]
  • In 1956, Beatrice Dawson was nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for the film's costumes.

Colourised version

In 2012, a digitally restored and colourised version of the film was released on DVD, causing a renewed debate in the UK about colourisation of old black-and-white classics.[7]

References

  1. ↑ BFI: The Pickwick Papers Linked 2013-12-06
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBFC: The Pickwick Papers (1952) Linked 2013-12-06
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Times, 13 November 1952, page 2, film review – "Dickens on Screen": "The Pickwick Papers goes into the programme at the Gaumont Cinema to-morrow." – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06
  4. ↑ The Times, 30 July 1954, page 11: Dickens Film In Russia – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06
  5. ↑ The Times, 14 August 1954, page 3, Telegrams in Brief: A new edition of 150,000 copies of 'Pickwick Papers' has been published in Russia, Moscow Radio reports. – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06
  6. ↑ Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference, page 163, Oxford University Press, 2007
  7. ↑ MovieMail, 15 November 2012: The Colourisation Debate – Not All Black and White Linked 2013-12-06

Bibliography

  • Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press, 2007.

External links

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