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Simon and Laura (1955)
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1956 (France) morePlot:
In the 1950's days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Film reflects on the new pretender moreCast
(Credited cast) | Peter Finch | ... | Simon Foster |
 | Kay Kendall | ... | Laura Foster |
| Muriel Pavlow | ... | Janet Honeyman |
| Hubert Gregg | ... | Bertie Burton |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Wilson |
| Ian Carmichael | ... | David Prentice |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Controller of Television Drama ('CT') |
| Thora Hird | ... | Jessie |
| Terence Longdon | ... | Barney |
| Clive Parritt | ... | Timothy |
| Alan Wheatley | ... | Adrian Lee |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Julia Arnall | ... | Makeup Girl |
| Beverley Brooks | ... | Mabel |
| Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Bert |
| Muriel George | ... | Grandma |
| Philip Gilbert | ... | Joe |
| Tom Gill | ... | T.V. Producer |
| Joan Hickson | ... | Barmaid |
| David Morrell | ... | T.V. Producer |
| Nicholas Parsons | ... | T.V. Producer |
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Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Released as TV in the UK began to challenge cinema, Simon and Laura happily confronts the issue involved in the new medium and the celebrity involved. The idea of pretentious actors trapped in a soap opera character is amusingly investigated. Great slice of Brit comedy, directed by the wonderful Muriel Box. The sort of unassuming film that makes you smile. Its cynicism is countered by a playful innocence in its construction. Top stuff Peter Finch, Kay Kendall and Ian Carmichael are warm and funny characters As always with Brit films from this time riddled with class Colour is great too. A real effort to show how superior cinema was to the new medium?