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A Kid for Two Farthings (film)

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said he wanted to direct the film. He later said "I never would have thought of making it a non Jewish subject. But Carol managed to make the whole thing without a single reference to the character's background or religion at any point. And it was a very Jewish story. It lost a tremendous amount
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said it contained " an archetypal Dors performance in many ways – she's down-to-earth, warm, kind, the best looking girl in a low-rent area (glamorous, but "East End" glamorous)."
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called Diana Dors's casting "a surprise choice" because "she has made no films of consequence before and has usually been thought of as a kind of junior Marilyn Monroe."
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Reviews for the film were mixed. Reed said, "I loved that book. The film was alright in parts but not in others. It cost very little money but did well."
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The film has a haunting last image, of Kandinsky carrying the tiny body of the "unicorn" to the graveyard, whilst passing in the opposite direction is a
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NOTES ON THAMES FILMS: Olivier Transcribes 'Richard III' -Lean, Reed and Others in Action By STEPHEN WATTS LONDON. New York Times 29 August 1954: X5.
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Filming started in June 1954. It took place at the studio and on location at Petticoat Lane in London. It was Carol Reed's first movie in colour.
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through not being a Jewish story." Gilliat also felt "all his little boys turned out to be beautifully well behaved prep school boys. "
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Film rights to the novel were purchased by Carol Reed, who had made another film featuring a child protagonist,
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The film was the 9th most popular movie at the British box office in 1955, after
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Korda had just signed a deal with Romulus for them to distribute his movies.
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everyone, it seems, has unattainable dreams. Then a small boy – Joe – buys a
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DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER KORDA The Irish Times 24 January 1956: 7.
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it was a "money maker" at the British box office in 1955.
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The role of the six-year old went to Jonathan Ashmore.
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Steven H. Gale, Mankowitz, Wolf, Literary Analysis,
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Index


Carol Reed
Wolf Mankowitz
A Kid for Two Farthings
Celia Johnson
Diana Dors
David Kossoff
Joe Robinson
Jonathan Ashmore
Edward Scaife
Bert Bates
Benjamin Frankel
London Films
Romulus Films
comedy-drama
Carol Reed
Wolf Mankowitz
novel of the same name
Passover
Chad Gadya
zuzim
Alexander Korda
East End
unicorn
Torah
Rabbi
gramophone
Celia Johnson
Diana Dors
David Kossoff

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