Men of Two Worlds

Men of Two Worlds is a 1946 British Technicolor drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Robert Adams, Eric Portman and Phyllis Calvert. The screenplay concerns an African music student who returns home to battle a witch doctor for control over his tribe.^[3]

Cast

• Robert Adams – Kisenga
• Eric Portman – District Commissioner Randall
• Orlando Martins – Magole
• Phyllis Calvert – Doctor Caroline Munro
• Arnold Marlé – Professor Gollner
• Cathleen Nesbitt – Mrs Upjohn

Production

Filming began in 1943, with eight months spent shooting in Tanganyika. A U-boat sank cameras and stock on the way out. Cameras were impounded and shooting was held up with slow convoys, bad weather, a strike of lab men in Hollywood and difficulties involved in shooting in Technicolor.^[4]

Release

According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas.^[5]

It was the 17th most popular film at the British box office in 1946 after The Wicked Lady, The Bells of St Marys, Piccadilly Incident, The Captive Heart, Road to Utopia, Caravan, Anchors Away, The Corn is Green, Gilda, The House on 92nd Street, The Overlanders, Appointment with Crime, Bandit of Sherwood Forest, Kitty, Spellbound, and Scarlet Street'.^[6]

References

1. ↑ "Noteworthy Films Made In U.K.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 17 January 1953. p. 27. Retrieved 4 August 2012. 
2. ↑ Geoffrey Macnab, J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry, London, Routledge (1993) p191
3. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42376
4. ↑ Variety review accessed 10 Sept 2012
5. ↑ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p209
6. ↑ "Hollywood Sneaks In 15 Films on '25 Best' List of Arty Britain". The Washington Post. 15 Jan 1947. p. 2. 

External links

• Men of Two Worlds at the Internet Movie Database
• Men of Two Worlds at BFI Screenonline
• Men of Two Worlds at Colonial Film
• Review of film at Variety