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Live," a Two Cities documentary of
living conditions in England before
and after the war; Gainsborough's
"Magic Bow," story of the life of
Paganini, with Stewart Granger.
Yehudi Menuhin made the record-
ings.
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rPHEN there are "London
Town," a Wesley Ruggles
production in Technicolor, with Sid
Field, Greta Gynt, Kay Kendall, ?
and Claude Hulbert; "I See a Dark
Stranger," with Deborah Kerr and
Trevor Howard; "Bedelía," a John
Corfield production, with Margaret
Lockwood, Ian Hunter and Barry K.
Barnes; "The Years Between," a
Sydney Box production, based on the
play by Daphne du Maurler, with
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson
and Flora Robson; and "Hungry
Hill," another Daphne du Maurier \
work, the cast for which has not yet ,
been announced.
To follow these will be "The Root ?
Of All Evil," a drama for G-B-D, '
with Phyllis Calvert, Michael Ren- \
nie and John Mccallum; "Day-
break," also for G-B-D, a waterfront
drama, starring Ann Todd and Eric
Portman; "Soho Melodrama," a
murder mystery, cast as yet unan-
nounced; "Sussex Gorse" and "Jo-
hanna Godden," two Shielah Kay
Smith novels, casts not announced;
and "Hue and Cry," a.comedy drama,
with Harry Fowler and Joan Dowl-
ing. The last four will be produced
by Ealing's.
Being prepared for production are:
"Top Secret," an original story on
the use of radar, starring Ralph
Richardson, with Peter Ustinov as
author-producer-director; "Odd Man
Out," a mystery; "The Dandy," based
on the life of Beau Brummel-these
three are for Two Cities-"Green for
Danger," a murder thriller starring
Trevor Howard, and "Hattie," to be
made for G-B-D; "Digger's Repub-
lic," with Stewart Granger and Jean
Kent, and "Rebecca's Daughter,"
with Michael Rennie and Patricia
Roc, also for G-B-D; and "Miracle
in St. Anthony's Lane" and "Small
Back Room," for Archers.
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JOEING cut and edited are:
"Carnival," a Two Cities
production, with Sally Gray, Michael
Wilding and Jean Kent; "Men of
Two Worlds." a Two Cities' produc-
tion in Technicolor, dealing with the
racial conflict of black and white
peoples, with Eric Portman and
Phyllis Calvert; "Beware of Pity,"
with Lilli Palmer; "Matter of Life
and Death," starring David Niven,
Raymond Massey; Roger Livesey
and Kim Hunter; and "Caravan,"
with Stewart Granger, Ann Craw-
ford, Jean Kent, and Robert Help-
man.
Incidentally, after six years'
service in the British armed forces,
David Niven has returned to Hol-
lywood to bc starred in a new -Hal
Wallis production, "The Perfect
Marriage."
Negotiations were concluded by
Wallis with producer Samuel Gold-
wyn, to whom Niven is under con-
tract. During his war service Niven
appeared in a few British-made
films. His last Hollywood film was
"Raffles," for Goldwyn, in 1939.
"The Perfect Marriage" is a do-
mestic comedy. It is the third-con-
secutive film In which Wallis has cast
a newly-returned serviceman for the
male lead. Robert Cummings and
Van Heflin are the other two.
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