The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
- Téléfilm
- 1996
- 25min
MA NOTE
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDocumentary about much-feared Rank Organisation boss Sir John Davis.Documentary about much-feared Rank Organisation boss Sir John Davis.Documentary about much-feared Rank Organisation boss Sir John Davis.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
Photos
Betty E. Box
- Self - Producer
- (as Betty Box)
John Davis
- Self
- (images d'archives)
Peter Finch
- Self
- (images d'archives)
Denis Forman
- Self - Director, British Film Institute 1948-55
- (as Sir Denis Forman)
Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Self - Producer, Brief Encounter
- (as Sir Anthony Havelock-Allen)
Curd Jürgens
- Mark Conrad
- (images d'archives)
Kenneth More
- Self
- (images d'archives)
- …
Laurence Olivier
- King Henry V of England
- (images d'archives)
J. Arthur Rank
- Self
- (images d'archives)
Norman Wisdom
- Self
- (images d'archives)
Dirk Bogarde
- Self
- (images d'archives)
- (non crédité)
Karlheinz Böhm
- Mark Lewis
- (images d'archives)
- (non crédité)
George Coulouris
- Briggs
- (images d'archives)
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- ConnexionsFeatures Henry V (1944)
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Most Hated Man in British Pictures?
I sought out this half-hour documentary after reading Alec Guinness's diary "My Name Escapes Me". Guinness describes watching the film when Channel 4 showed it in 1996, and being disappointed that it wasn't hard enough on its subject, Rank executive John Davis. Which is savage, because hardly anyone in the film has a good word to say about him. Plenty of former Rank employees talk about his personal egotism and ruthlessness, and unimaginative grinding out of repetitive low-budget fare professionally, a far cry from Korda, Powell, Pressburger and Olivier's ambitious epics of the '30s and '40s; Betty Box's description of Davis habitually checking out her legs and her pointed comments about him attending premieres with "his consort, whoever it was" makes him sound like a 1950s Harvey Weinstein.
Aside from personal odium, there's a lot of interesting detail about post-WW2 British film production. As well as the Rank Organisation's decision under Davis to "diversify" into lucrative photocopiers (and other less lucky ventures), it's touched on that the Attlee government's kindly attempts to protect the domestic film industry spawned a huge number of terrible films; if Davis ruined British movies, he clearly had one or two helpers. Production company Large Door have uploaded this film onto their website, and made it available via YouTube.
Aside from personal odium, there's a lot of interesting detail about post-WW2 British film production. As well as the Rank Organisation's decision under Davis to "diversify" into lucrative photocopiers (and other less lucky ventures), it's touched on that the Attlee government's kindly attempts to protect the domestic film industry spawned a huge number of terrible films; if Davis ruined British movies, he clearly had one or two helpers. Production company Large Door have uploaded this film onto their website, and made it available via YouTube.
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- 14 déc. 2020
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- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langue
- Lieux de tournage
- South Street, Mayfair, Westminster, Greater London, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(Rank headquarters, shown 7 minutes in)
- Société de production
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- Durée25 minutes
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