- Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)
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Once Upon a Dream is a 1949 British comedy romance film directed by Ralph Thomas in his debut and starring Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Guy Middleton, and Maurice Denham
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Plot
The film is a comedy and a social commentary on the period and is set just after after World War II.
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy. Misdirection and misunderstandings ensue.
It was a J. Arthur Rank presentation, a Sydney Box production and was released through General Film Distributors Ltd.
Cast
- Googie Withers as Carol Gilbert
- Griffith Jones as Jackson
- Guy Middleton as Major Gilbert
- Betty Lynne as Mlle Louise
- David Horne as Registrar
- Geoffrey Morris as Registrar's Clerk
- Raymond Lovell as Mr. Trout
- Noel Howlett as Solicitor
- Agnes Lauchlan as Aunt Agnes
- Mirren Wood as Conductress
- Hubert Gregg as Captain Williams
- Maurice Denham as Vicar
- Mona Washbourne as Vicar's Wife
- Nora Nicholson as 1st W.V.S.
- Dora Bryan as Barmaid
- Hal Osmond as Bailiff
- Arthur Denton as Janitor
- Eric Messiter as Pontefact
- Gibb McLaughlin as Pontefact
- Cecil Bevan as Wright
- Wilfred Caithness as Pontefact
Production
- Screenplay by Patrick Kirwan and Victor Katona
- Based on an original story by Val Guest
- Music composed by Arthur Wilkinson, played by London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Hollingsworth
- "Time & Time Again" by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin
- Produced by Antony Darnborough
- Production controller - Arthur Alcott
- Associate producer - Alfred Roome
- Director of photography - Jack Cox
- Camera operator - Len Harris
- Supervising art director - George Provis
- Art director - Cedric Dawe
- Production manager - H. Attwooll
- Editor - Jean Barker
- Assistant director - George Mills
- Make-up - John Wilcox
- Dress designer - Julie Harris
- Recordists - Desmond Dew and Chas. Knott (Western Electric Recording)
The films of Ralph Thomas 1940s 1950s The Clouded Yellow (1950) • Appointment with Venus (1951) • Venetian Bird (1952) • A Day to Remember (1953) • The Dog and the Diamonds (1953) • Doctor in the House (1954) • Mad About Men (1954) • Above Us the Waves (1955) • Doctor at Sea (1955) • The Iron Petticoat (1956) • Checkpoint (1956) • Doctor at Large (1957) • Campbell's Kingdom (1957) • A Tale of Two Cities (1958) • The Wind Cannot Read (1958) • The 39 Steps (1959) • Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)1960s Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) • Doctor in Love (1960) • No Love for Johnnie (1961) • No My Darling Daughter (1961) • A Pair of Briefs (1962) • Carry On Cruising (1962) • The Wild and the Willing (1962) • Doctor in Distress (1963) • Hot Enough for June (1964) • The High Bright Sun (1964) • Doctor in Clover (1966) • Deadlier Than the Male (1967) • Nobody Runs Forever (1968) • Some Girls Do (1969)1970s Doctor in Trouble (1970) • Percy (1971)• Quest for Love (1971)• The Love Ban (1973)• Percy's Progress (1974) • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)External links
Categories:- 1949 films
- English-language films
- 1940s romantic comedy films
- British comedy films
- Films directed by Ralph Thomas
- 1940s British film stubs
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