A Queen Is Crowned

A Queen Is Crowned
Film poster
Directed byMichael Waldman
Written byChristopher Fry
Produced byCastleton Knight
Narrated byLaurence Olivier
Music byGuy Warrack
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 2 June 1953 (1953-06-02)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$602,702 (US)[1]

A Queen Is Crowned is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film written by Christopher Fry. The film documents the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, with a narration of events by Laurence Olivier. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was the first winner of the now-defunct Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film.[2][3][4] The film was one of the most popular at the British box office in 1953.[5]

Cast

Release

It was the first film ever shown on the Scottish islands of Eigg and Rùm, although played on the latter island without sound as the generator was not strong enough.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
  2. ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ "NY Times: A Queen Is Crowned". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Winners & Nominees Documentary". GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ^ Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 259.
  6. ^ "Scot Isle's 1st Films". Variety. 19 August 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 17 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.

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