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...Alfred Hitchcock. 5. Noel Coward...
...Which They Served. The men who made Great Expectations, one of the more talented teams now making movies, have already collaborated on four Noel Coward productions. The trio that first worked together on Coward's In Which We Serve: Anthony Havelock-Allan (associate producer), Ronald Neame (cameraman), and David Lean, who was then only 23, as cutter and codirector. The three got along so well together that in 1942 they decided to form their own production unit, Cineguild. On Coward's suggestion they next adapted This Happy Breed, writing their own screenplay with occasional help from Coward. After...
...their first independent production (under J. Arthur Rank), they stuck to their highly successful formula; their adaptation of Coward's one-acter, Brief Encounter, was one of the top critical successes of the year - in both Britain and the U.S. They decided to make Great Expectations for two reasons: 1) it was about time to try something besides Noel Coward's work, and 2) Lean had read through the complete works of Dickens in search of movie material...
They have proved pretty conclusively that they are fine picture makers - with or without Coward. Without a flop to their discredit so far, the trio has Rank's fondest blessings. Cineguild's next job: Oliver Twist...
This Happy Breed. Noel Coward's loving tribute to an English family, with fine performances by Celia Johnson, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh (TIME, April...