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FILMINDEX V Humphrey Jennings LONDON CAN TAKE IT. 1940. Prod.: GPO. Instruktion: Harry Watt og FILMINDEX V Humphrey Jennings. Kamera: Jonah Jones og H. E. Fowle. Kommentar og speaker: Quentin Reynolds. Foreligger HUMPHREY JENNINGS forkortet med titlen Britain Can Take It. Ved Wetner Pedersen. THE HEART OF BRITAIN. 1941. Prod.: Crown. Instruktion: Humphrey Jen­ Humphrey Jennings (1907— 50) studere­ nings. Kommentar: Ed Murrow. Titel de i 20’erne litteratur i Cambridge, hvor i Amerika: This Is England. han også var virksom som teatermaler og WORDS FOR BATTLE. 1941.Prod.: Crown. digter. I en periode først i 30’erne kaste­ Manuskript og instruktion: Humphrey de han sig over maleriet i surrealistisk Jennings. Speaker: Laurence Olivier. maner. Han kom til GPO’s Film Unit (postdepartementets filmafdeling) i 1934. LISTEN TO BRITAIN. 1941. Prod.: Crown. Med Len Lye lavede han i 1936 en eks­ Producer: Ian Dalrymple. Manuskript perimenterende farve-dukkefilm »Birth of og instruktion: Humphrey Jennings a Robot«. Lye var og Stewart McAllister. Kamera: H. E. instruktør, Jennings Fowle. Lyd: Ken Cameron. medproducer og sær­ THE SILENT VILLAGE. 1943. Prod.: lig ansvarlig for fil­ Crown. Producer, manuskript og in­ mens farver. Først i struktion: Humphrey Jennings. Ka­ 1938 begyndte han mera : H. E. Fowle. Klipning: Stewart selv at instruere film. McAllister. Jennings døde i 1950 FIRES WERE STARTED. 1943. Prod.: ved et ulykkestilfæl­ Crown. Producer: Ian Dalrymple. Ma­ de i Grækenland, nuskript og instruktion: Humphrey hvor han befandt sig Jennings. Kamera: C. Pennington-Ri- for at samle stof til chards. Klipning: Stewart McAllister. en serie Marshall- Dekorationer: Edward Carrick. Musik: film med titlen »The William Alwyn. Medvirkende: forfat­ Changing Face of Eu- teren William Sansom m. fl. rope«. Han efterlod THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI MARLENE. sig en næsten fuld­ 1944. Prod.: Crown. Producer: J. B. endt bog, »Pandemo- Holmes. Manuskript og instruktion: nium«, om den indu­ Humphrey Jennings. Kamera: H. E. strielle revolution. Fowle. Lyd: Ken Cameron. Klipning: Nærværende index er ikke fuldstændigt Sid Stone. Dekorationer: Edward Car­ alle detaljer. Flere af Jennings’ mindre rick. Musik: Denis Biood. Medvirken­ film er blevet til i teamwork med skif­ de: Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim tende teknikere eller på grundlag af fore­ m. fl. liggende ugerevy-materiale, grammofon­ A DIARY FOR TIMOTHY. 1945. Prod.: indspilninger af musik o.l., hvorfor det Crown. Producer: Basil Wright. Ma­ ikke har været muligt at indsamle alle nuskript og instruktion: Humphrey tekniske data for hver enkelt film. Når li­ Jennings. Kommentar: E. M. Forster. sten alligevel er blevet den mest udtøm­ Kamera: Fred Gamage. Lyd: Ken mende, der findes over Jennings’ film, Cameron. Klipning Alan Osbiston og skyldes det en ligeså beredvillig som uund­ Jenny Hutt. Musik: Richard Addin- værlig bistand fra The British Film In- sell. Speaker: Michael Redgrave. stitute. Forkortelser: GPO: General Post Office A DEFEATED PEOPLE. 1946. Prod.: Film Unit. Crown: Crown Film Unit (fra Crown. Producer: Basil Wright. Ma­ 1940 Englands officielle produktionsorgan nuskript og instruktion: Humphrey for dokumentarfilm under informations­ Jennings. Kamera: Army Film Unit. ministeriet) . Musik: Guy Warrack. Speaker: W il­ liam Hartnell. SPARE TIME. 1939. Prod.: GPO. Produ­ THE CUMBERLAND STORY. 1947. Prod.: cer: Cavalcanti. Manuskript og in­ Crown. Producer: Alexander Shaw. In­ struktion: Humphrey Jennings. Kame­ struktion : Humphrey Jennings. Ka­ ra: H. E. Fowle. Lvd: Yorke Scarlett. mera: H. E. Fowle. Klipning: Jocelyn SPEAKING FROM AMÉRICA. 1939. Prod.: Jackson. Musik: Arthur Benjamin. GPO. Instruktion: Humphrey Jennings. THE DIM LITTLE ISLAND. 1949. Prod.: THE FIRST DAYS. 1939. Prod.: GPO. Wessex Film Productions. Producér Producer: Cavalcanti. Instruktion: og instruktion: Humphrey Jennings. Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt og Kommentar: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pat Jackson. Kommentar og speaker: James Fisher, Osbert Lancaster, John Robert Sinclair. Klipning: R. Q. Mc Ormston. (Filmen handler om disse Naughton. fires ideer og tanker. Hver har skre­ HER LAST TRIP. 1939. (Opr. titel: S. S. vet kommentaren til sit afsnit). Ka­ lonian). Prod.: GPO. Instruktion: mera: Martin Curtis. Klipning: Bill Humphrey Jennings. Megarry. Musik: R. Vaughan Williams. AN UNRECORDED VICTORY. 1940. (Opr. FAMILY PORTRAIT. 1950. Prod.: Wessex titel: Spring Offensive). Prod.: GPO. Film Productions for »Festival of Producer: Cavalcanti. Instruktion: Britain«. Producer: Ian Dalrymple. Humphrey Jennings. Kamera: Jonah Manuskript og instruktion: Humphrey Jones og H. E. Fowle. Jennings. Kamera: Martin Curtis. Klip­ WELFARE OF THE WORKERS. 1940. ning: Stewart McAllister. Musik: John Prod.: GPO. Instruktion: Humphrey Green wood. Speaker: Michael Good- Jennings. liffe. Ansvarshavende redaktør: Erik Ulrichsen Det Danske Filmmuseum, Amagertorv 10, Byen 1503. Filmsalen: Frederiksberggade 25 JENSEN S KNUDSENS BOGTRYKKERI. K BH.
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