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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Robert Hamer and produced by Michael Balcon and Michael Relph.

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Ealing Comedy #5: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)

By Virginie Pronovost on May 23, 2023 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Remember that Ealing comedies blog series I started a while ago (and then completely abandoned)? Well, surprise! I’m back! I hope your life’s been well since the last instalment of this series, my review of?Whisky Galore!??What we have on the menu this time is the masterpiece?Kind Hearts... Read full article


As Oito V?timas / Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

By L? on Aug 3, 2018 From Critica Retro

As Oito V?timas / Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Um ator interpretando mais de um personagem na mesma pe?a ? algo comum no teatro. Tamb?m ? comum no cinema, desde a era muda. Obviamente, com o tempo tudo p?de ficar mais interessante, e em vez de apenas dois pap?is, um ator podia interpretar... Read full article


Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

By Beatrice on May 16, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Kind Hearts and Coronets Directed by Robert Hamer Written by Robert Hamer and James Dighton from a novel by Roy Horniman 1949/UK Ealing Studios Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant #231 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die As the film opens, the Duke of D’Ascoyne (Dennis Price) is calmly awa... Read full article


Top 250 Tuesday #180 – Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

By Michael on Jun 3, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #180 on the list,? Robert Hamer‘s Kind Hearts and Coronets. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what... Read full article


Top 250 Tuesday #180 – Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

By Michael on Jun 3, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #180 on the list,? Robert Hamer‘s Kind Hearts and Coronets. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what... Read full article


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Louis Mazzini: The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those new-fangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomfortably into private life.


Sibella: All of your cousins seem to get killed. I really wouldn't be the least surprised if you murdered them all.


Sibella: Oh, the Italian men are so handsome... but I could never get away from Lionel for a moment.
Sibella: But, I was forgetting... you're Italian.
Louis Mazzini: Half.


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Although Ealing boss Michael Balcon later professed that this was his favorite of the Ealing films he produced, at the time of production he was less favorably inclined towards it, to the extent that he refused director Robert Hamer the chance to follow it up with his long-cherished project set in the West Indies. Hamer ultimately only directed one more film for Ealing, His Excellency.
Alec Guinness liked the screenplay so much that he asked and was allowed to play all eight members of the D'Ascoyne family. Of these, the Vicar D'Ascoyne was his personal favorite.
Initially Alec Guinness was only offered four of the roles; it was Guinness himself who insisted on playing all eight.
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