The Fool and the Princess
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The Fool and the Princess is a 1948 British
drama film
directed by William C. Hammond and starring Bruce Lester
, Lesley Brook
and Adina Mandlová
. It was made at the Merton Park Studios
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by William C. Hammond and starring Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods...
, Lesley Brook
Lesley Brook
-Selected filmography:* The Vulture * The Man Who Made Diamonds * The Viper * The Dark Stairway * The Nursemaid Who Disappeared * The Bells Go Down * When We Are Married...
and Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová was a Czech actress, sex-symbol of the 1930s and European movie star....
. It was made at the Merton Park Studios
Merton Park Studios
Merton Park Studios was a British film production studio in South Wimbledon, London. In the 1940s, it was owned by the Film Producers Guild.Opened in 1930, many second features were produced there, and for a time was home to Radio Luxembourg...
.
Main cast
- Bruce Lester - Harry Granville
- Lesley BrookLesley Brook-Selected filmography:* The Vulture * The Man Who Made Diamonds * The Viper * The Dark Stairway * The Nursemaid Who Disappeared * The Bells Go Down * When We Are Married...
- Kate Granville - Adina MandlováAdina MandlováAdina Mandlová was a Czech actress, sex-symbol of the 1930s and European movie star....
- Moura - Murray MathesonMurray MathesonMurray Matheson , born Sidney Murray Matheson was an actor who had appeared on stage and in films and television programs until 1983....
- Graham Ballard - Irene HandlIrene Handl-Life:Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike...
- Mrs Wicker - Vi KaleyVi Kaley-Selected filmography:* Lloyd of the C.I.D. * Love on the Dole * Fanny by Gaslight * The Fool and the Princess * Woman Hater * My Brother Jonathan * The Mudlark -External links:...
- Mrs Jenkins - MacDonald Parke - Colonel Wingfield