Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Hamer |
| Producer(s) | Michael Balcon, Michael Relph (associate) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Revenge |
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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 CinemaRemember 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 RetroAs 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) (1)
By Beatrice on May 16, 2015 From Flickers in TimeKind 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) (1)
By Michael on Jun 3, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie MusingsContinuing 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) (2)
By Michael on Jun 3, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie MusingsContinuing 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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Quotes from
Sibella: What would you say if she asked you about me?
Louis Mazzini: I'd say that you were the perfect combination of imperfections. I'd say that your nose was just a little too short, your mouth just a little too wide. But yours was a face that a man could see in his dreams for the whole of his life. I'd say that you were vain, selfish, cruel, deceitful. I'd say that you were... Sibella.
Sibella: What a pretty speech.
Louis Mazzini: I mean it.
Sibella: [seductively] Come and say it to me again.
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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Facts about
Michael Balcon was known to have said to director Robert Hamer, "You are trying to sell that most unsaleable commodity to the British - irony. Good luck to you." It worked, of course; the film was a considerable success upon release.
The scene where six members of the D'Ascoynes family, all played by Alec Guinness, are seen together took two days to film. The camera was set on a specially built platform to minimize movement. In addition, the camera operator spent the night with the camera to ensure that nothing moved it by accident. A frame with six black matte painted optical flat glass windows was set in front of the camera and the windows opened one at a time so each of the characters could be filmed in turn. The film was then wound back for the next character. Most of the time was spent waiting for Guinness to be made up as the next character.
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