The Demi-Paradise
| The Demi-Paradise | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anthony Asquith |
| Produced by | Filippo Del Giudice Anatole de Grunwald |
| Written by | Anatole de Grunwald |
| Starring | Laurence Olivier Margaret Rutherford |
| Music by | Nicholas Brodszky |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Distributed by | Two Cities Films |
| Release date(s) | 20 December 1943 (UK) |
| Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Demi-Paradise (also known as Adventure for Two) is a 1943 comedy film made by Two Cities Films and distributed in the U.S. by Universal Pictures. It starred Laurence Olivier as a Soviet inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, and Penelope Dudley Ward as the woman who falls in love with him. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald and Filippo Del Giudice from a screenplay by de Grunwald. The music score was by Nicholas Brodszky and the cinematography by Bernard Knowles.
The film is a gentle satire on the values the English hold so dear. It was designed to encourage sympathy between Britain and the Soviet Union. The film's title is a reference to John of Gaunt's famous speech in Richard II which begins:
- This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
- This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
- This other Eden, demi-paradise
[edit] Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Ivan Kouznetsoff
- Penelope Dudley-Ward as Ann (as Penelope Ward)
- Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Tisdall
- Margaret Rutherford as Rowena Ventnor
- Felix Aylmer as Mr. Runalow, a noted expert in naval engineering, head of the firm Kouznetsoff deals with, and Ann's grandfather
- George Thorpe as Herbert Tisdall
- Leslie Henson as Himself
- Guy Middleton as Dick Christian
- Michael Shepley as Mr. Walford
- Edie Martin as Miss Winifred Tisdall
- Muriel Aked as Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
- Joyce Grenfell as Sybil Paulson
- Everley Gregg as Mrs. Flannel
- Jack Watling as Tom
- David Keir as Jordan
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Toomes
- Beatrice Harrison as herself
Miles Malleson, John Laurie, George Cole, and Wilfrid Hyde-White had minor roles.
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