THE RED SHOES (1948, 113 Min)
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September 20, 2011 (XXIII:4) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, THE RED SHOES (1948, 113 min) Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Written by Hans Christian Andersen (fairy tale), Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Keith Winter Produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Original Music by Brian Easdale Conducted by Thomas Beecham Choreography by Robert Helpmann Cinematography by Jack Cardiff Edited by Reginald Mills Production Design by Hein Heckroth Art Direction by Arthur Lawson Costume Design by Hein Heckroth (uncredited) Visual Effects by F. George Gunn, E. Hague, Les Bowie Dresses and Wardrobe by Carven of Paris, Jacques Fath of Paris, Mattli of London, Dorothy Edwards, Miss Tcherina (uncredited) 1959 Honeymoon, 1957 Night Ambush, 1956 Pursuit of the Graf Spee, 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!, 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann, 1950 Marius Goring...Julian Craster Gone to Earth, 1948 The Red Shoes, 1947 Black Narcissus, 1946 Jean Short...Terry Stairway to Heaven, 1945 'I Know Where I'm Going!', 1944 A Gordon Littmann...Ike Canterbury Tale, 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Julia Lang...A Balletomane 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, 1941 49th Parallel, 1940 Bill Shine...Her Mate The Thief of Bagdad, 1937 The Edge of the World, 1935 Leonide Massine...Ljubov / Shoemaker Someday, 1935 The Murder Party, 1935 The Girl in the Crowd, Anton Walbrook...Boris Lermontov 1933 Born Lucky, 1932 C.O.D., 1932 Rynox, and 1932 My Austin Trevor...Professor Palmer Friend the King. Esmond Knight...Livy Emeric Pressburger (December 5, 1902 in Miskolc, Austria- Eric Berry...Dimitri Hungary – February 5, 1988, Saxstead, Suffolk, England) won an Irene Browne...Lady Neston Oscar for Best Writing, Original Story for 49th Parallel (1941). Moira Shearer...Victoria Page He has 17 director credits: 1957 Night Ambush, 1956 Pursuit of Ludmilla Tcherina...Boronskaja the Graf Spee, 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!, 1953 Twice Upon a Time, 1952/I The Wild Heart, 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann, 1950 The Academy Awards Fighting Pimpernel, 1950 Gone to Earth, 1949 Hour of Glory, 1949 – Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color – Hein 1948 The Red Shoes, 1947 Black Narcissus, 1946 Stairway to Heckroth, Arthur Lawson Heaven, 1945 'I Know Where I'm Going!', 1944 A Canterbury – Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture – Tale, 1943 The Volunteer, 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Brian Easdale Blimp, and 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. Michael Powell (September 30, 1905 in Bekesbourne, Kent, Jack Cardiff (September 18, 1914 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England– February 19, 1990, Avening, Gloucestershire, England– April 22, 2009, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England) won a England) has 60 director credits, some of which are 1978 Return best cinematography Oscar for Black Narcissus and an honorary to the Edge of the World, 1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow, Oscar in 2001 because he was a “master of light and color.” He is 1969 Age of Consent, 1966 They're a Weird Mob, 1964 credited as cinematographer on 73 films, some of which are 2005 “Espionage”, 1961 The Queen's Guards, 1960 Peeping Tom, Lights2, 1991 Vivaldi's Four Seasons, 1986 Tai-Pan, 1985 Powell and Pressburger—THE RED SHOES—2 Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1984 Conan the Destroyer, 1984 1969 “The First Churchills”, 1966 “Sergeant Cork”, 1965 The Scandalous, 1984 “The Far Pavilions”, 1983 The Wicked Lady, Alphabet Murders, 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1961 1981 Ghost Story, 1980 The Dogs of War, 1980 The Awakening, “The Escape of R.D.7”, 1961 “Boyd Q.C.”, 1961 Konga, 1961 1978 Death on the Nile , 1961 Fanny, 1957 The Prince and the Never Back Losers, 1959 “Invisible Man”, 1959 “Hancock's Half Showgirl, 1956 The Brave One, 1956 War and Peace, 1954 The Hour”, 1959 “The Third Man”, 1959 Horrors of the Black Barefoot Contessa, 1953 The Master of Ballantrae, 1951 The Museum, 1955 “Quatermass II”, 1948 The Red Shoes, 1948 Anna African Queen, 1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 1950 Karenina, 1942 The Big Blockade, 1940 Night Train to Munich, The Black Rose, 1948 Scott of the Antarctic, 1948 The Red 1940 Law and Disorder, 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1939 “The Shoes, 1947 Black Narcissus, 1946 Stairway to Heaven, 1945 Taming of the Shrew”, 1938 “Tobias and the Angel”, 1937 Dark Caesar and Cleopatra, 1942 This Is Colour, 1941 Queen Cotton, Journey, 1936 As You Like It, 1935 Mimi, 1934 Death at a 1941 Plastic Surgery in Wartime, 1939 Main Street of Paris, Broadcast, 1932 The Crooked Lady, 1932 A Safe Proposition, 1938 A Road in India, and 1935 The Last Days of Pompeii. 1930 Escape, 1930 Mystery at the Villa Rose, and 1930 The W Plan. Léonide Massinea (August 9, 1896, Moscow, Russian Empire – March 15, 1979, Cologne, West Germany) who plays the Esmond Knight (May 4, 1906, East Sheen, Surrey, England – shoemaker in this film, appeared in 10 films: 1961 “Laudes February 23, 1987, London, England) appeared in 140 films and Evangelii”, 1959 Honeymoon, 1954 Neapolitan Carousel, 1953 tv series and programs, among them 1987 “Fortunes of War”, Aida, 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann, 1948 The Red Shoes, 1947 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987 “Sleeping Carnival in Costa Rica, 1942 Spanish Fiesta, 1941 The Gay Murder”, 1985 “Blott on the Landscape”, 1984 “The Invisible Parisian, 1932 The Blue Danube. Man”, 1984 The Element of Crime, 1981 “The Borgias”, 1981 “Troilus & Cressida”, 1981 “Antony & Cleopatra”, 1978 Marius Goring (May 23, 1912, Newport, Isle of Wight, England “Romeo & Juliet”, 1977 “The Man in the Iron Mask”, 1976 – September 30, 1998, Rushlake Green, Heathfield, East Sussex, Yellow Dog, 1976 “I, Claudius”, 1976 Robin and Marian, 1971 England) appeared in 94 films and tv programs, among “Cousin Bette”, 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days, 1969 “Doctor them,1990 Strike It Rich, 1985 “Fox Mystery Theater”, 1982 Who”, 1967 The Winter's Tale, 1966 “King of the River”, 1965 “Cymbeline”, 1979 “Tales of the Unexpected”, 1978 “Edward & The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1965 “The Third Man”, Mrs. Simpson”, 1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet, 1978 Holocaust, 1963 Decision at Midnight, 1961 “A for Andromeda”, 1960 1968-1976 “The Expert” (62 episodes), 1971 Zeppelin, 1970 “Barnaby Rudge”, 1960 Peeping Tom, 1960 Sink the Bismarck!, First Love, 1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle, 1967 “Doctor Who”, 1959 “Volpone”, 1958-1959 “Our Mutual Friend”, 1958 Missiles 1967 “The Revenue Men”, 1967 The 25th Hour, 1960-1967 from Hell, 1957 “Nicholas Nickleby”, 1957 The Prince and the “ITV Play of the Week”, 1965 Up from the Beach, 1964 “The Showgirl, 1956 Helen of Troy, 1955 Richard III, 1953 The Steel Third Man”, 1963 “Maigret”, 1961 The Devil's Daffodil, 1960 Key, 1951 The River,1950 Gone to Earth, 1948 The Red Shoes, Exodus, 1959 The Angry Hills, 1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken, 1948 Hamlet, 1947 The End of the River, 1947 The Inheritance, 1951-1957 “BBC Sunday-Night Theatre”, 1957 Night Ambush, 1947 Black Narcissus, 1944 Henry V, 1944 A Canterbury Tale, 1956 “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (18 episodes), 1955 Quentin 1941 This England, 1939 “Rake's Progress”, 1939 “Twelfth Durward, 1955 Break in the Circle, 1954 The Barefoot Contessa, Night”, 1939 “Mary Rose”, 1938 “Derby Day”, 1937 “Night 1952 The Paris Express, 1952 The Mistress, 1951 Pandora and Must Fall”, 1937 The Vicar of Bray, 1934 Father and Son, 1934 the Flying Dutchman, 1950 Odette, 1948 The Red Shoes, 1946 The Blue Squadron, 1934 Lest We Forget, 1931 The Gaunt Stairway to Heaven, 1946 Night Boat to Dublin, 1940 The Stranger, 1931 Romany Love, and 1928 The Blue Peter. Frightened Lady, 1940 Pastor Hall, 1939 Dead Men Tell No Tales, and 1938 The Bear. Eric Berry (January 9, 1913, London, England – September 10, 1993 (age 80) in Laguna Beach, California) appeared in 33 titles, among them 1983 “Sadat”, 1973 Blade, 1964 “The Man from Anton Walbrook (November 19, 1896, Vienna, Austria- U.N.C.L.E.”, 1961 “Vanity Fair”, 1960 “Omnibus”, 1954 Double Hungary, August 9, 1967, Garatshausen, Bavaria, Germany) Exposure, 1953 Escape by Night, 1953 Gilbert and Sullivan, appeared in 53 theatrical and TV films,among them, 1966 1948 The Red Shoes, 1941 49th Parallel, and 1937 The Edge of “Robert und Elisabeth”, 1963 “Der Arzt am Scheideweg”, 1962 the World. “Laura”, 1960 “Venus im Licht”, 1958 I Accuse!, 1957 Saint Joan, 1955 Lola Montès, 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!, 1954 On Trial, Irene Browne (June 29, 1896, London, England – July 24, 1965, 1948 The Red Shoes, 1945 The Man from Morocco, 1943 The London, England) has 27 acting credits, some of which are 1963 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1941 49th Parallel, 1941 The Wrong Arm of the Law, 1955-1961 “ITV Television Suicide Squadron, 1940 Gaslight, 1937 Victoria the Great, 1937 Playhouse,” 1959 Serious Charge, 1957 All at Sea, 1951 I'll The Soldier and the Lady, 1936 Michel Strogoff, 1935 Ich war Never Forget You, 1950 Madeleine, 1948 Quartet, 1948 The Red Jack Mortimer, 1935 The Gypsy Baron, 1934 Maskerade, 1933 Shoes, 1947 Meet Me at Dawn, 1941 The Remarkable Mr. Kipps, Viktor and Viktoria, 1933 The Battle of the Walzes, 1931/I 1941 The Prime Minister, 1938 Pygmalion, 1933 Berkeley Trapeze, 1923 Martin Luther, and 1915 Marionetten. Square, 1933 Peg o' My Heart, 1933 Christopher Strong, 1933 Cavalcade, 1929 The Letter, 1919 After Many Days, and 1917 Austin Trevor...Professor Palmer (October 7, 1897, Belfast, Drink. Ireland – January 22, 1978, London, England) appeared in 93 theatrical and tv films, some of which were 1972 “Whack-O!”, Powell and Pressburger—THE RED SHOES—3 Moira Shearer (January 17, 1926, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland – modern ideas and the irrational, between science and savagery, January 31, 2006, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) appeared in or between religion and eroticism.