Castle in the Air (film)

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Castle in the Air
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Directed by Henry Cass
Produced by Edward Dryhurst
Ernest Gartside
Screenplay by Edward Dryhurst
Alan Melville
Based on Castle in the Air
1949 play
by Alan Melville
Starring David Tomlinson
Helen Cherry
Margaret Rutherford
Music by Francis Chagrin
Cinematography Erwin Hillier
Edited by Edward B. Jarvis
Production
company
Distributed by Associated British-Pathé
Release dates
 26 December 1952 (US)
Running time
 89 minutes
Country  United Kingdom
Language English
Box office £116,727[1]

Castle in the Air is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford and Gordon Jackson. It was adapted from the play by Alan Melville.[2]

Plot summary

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The impecunious owner of a haunted Scottish castle has to juggle the advances of an American heiress who wishes to buy him out, the love of his longtime assistant who wants to marry him, and a Coal Board official who wishes to commandeer the estate. The British National Coal Board wants to annex the owner's castle as a group home for local miners and their families. Wealthy, much-married American Mrs. Clodfelter Dunne (Barbara Kelly) wants to claim the castle—and its owner, the Earl of Locharne (David Tomlinson)--for herself. Meanwhile, eccentric boarder Miss Nicholson (Margaret Rutherford) is obsessed with the idea that the Earl is actually the rightful King of Scotland. There is also a beautiful ghost, played by Patricia Dainton. "Castle in the Air" was based on the popular stage play by Alan Melville.[3]

Differences from play

The play's author, Alan Melville wrote the film's screenplay with the producer Edward Dryhurst. Melville was a successful writer of revues in the 1940s, and as a playwright, some of his notable successes include "Simon and Laura" and "Dear Charles". "Castle in the Air" displays Melville's skill for sophisticated wit, sharp repartee and disarming nonsense talk.[4] Coral Browne appeared in its West End London run at the Adelphi theatre, in 1949-50. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Cast

Critical reception

  • The New York Times described the film as a "slender but thoroughly good-natured little British comedy"[5]
  • Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings wrote, "all in all, a delightful comedy."[6]
  • TV Guide said, "this stage play should have stayed on the stage."[7]

Soundtrack

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References

  1. ↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p499
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