The Magic Box (1951)

Directors

John Boulting, Roy Boulting

Cast

Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, David Oakes, Janette Scott, John Howard Davies, Robert Beatty

The story

The film begins in 1921, where British inventor William Friese-Greene, in severe financial distress, attends a London film industry conference. The story unfolds through a series of flashbacks. The first is told from the perspective of Edith Friese-Greene, who recounts to a friend how she met "Willie".

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