Laurence Olivier and Jack Hulbert in The Magic Box
- Made:
- 11 March 1951 in London
PA Reuter photograph titled ''Bobbies' in the Festival film'. Caption on back reads: Two of Britain's most famous stage people - actor-manager Sir Laurence Olivier (left) and radio and stage actor Jack Hulbert - shown here in a scene from the Festival Film 'The Magic Box' at Elstree, Herts. They are playing 'bit' parts, as constables in the picture based on the life of cinomatograph inventor William Friese-Greene, and made co-operatively by the British film industry as a contribution to the Festival of Britain. Robert Donat is the star. In private life, Jack Hulbert is an Inspector of Special Constabulary 'C' Division, Metropolitan Police.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/30290
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and ink
- Measurements:
-
overall: 255 mm x 203 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Media Museum, Bradford
