Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean

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Wendy฀Hiller฀as฀Eliza฀Doolittle฀is฀subjected฀to฀a฀long-overdue฀bath฀in฀Pygmalion.฀ Lean฀edited฀the฀film.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 1 9/21/06 3:03:01 PM Professor฀Higgins฀(Leslie฀Howard)฀monitoring฀the฀speech฀exercises฀of฀Eliza฀ (Wendy฀Hiller)฀in฀Pygmalion.฀Lean฀directed฀the฀montage฀sequences฀in฀the฀film฀that฀ show฀Higgins฀transforming฀Eliza฀into฀a฀lady,฀but฀only฀Anthony฀Asquith฀and฀Leslie฀ Howard฀were฀listed฀as฀codirectors฀of฀the฀film.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 2 9/21/06 3:03:01 PM Rex฀Harrison฀as฀Adolphus฀Cusins,฀a฀ Salvation฀Army฀recruit฀in฀Major฀ Barbara.฀Lean฀edited฀the฀film.฀He฀ also฀codirected฀it฀with฀Gabriel฀Pascal,฀ but฀only฀Pascal฀was฀listed฀as฀director.฀ (Larry฀Edmunds฀Bookshop.) Noël฀Coward฀as฀Captain฀Kinross฀(center)฀clings฀to฀a฀raft฀in฀an฀oil-grimed฀sea฀ after฀his฀ship฀has฀been฀sunk฀by฀the฀enemy฀in฀In฀Which฀We฀Serve.฀Lean฀was฀ officially฀credited฀as฀codirector฀of฀the฀film฀with฀Coward.฀(Ohlinger’s฀Movie฀ Material฀Store.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 3 9/21/06 3:03:02 PM Charles฀Condomine฀(Rex฀Harrison)฀and฀Elvira฀(Kay฀Hammond),฀the฀ghost฀of฀ his฀deceased฀wife,฀go฀for฀a฀joyride฀in฀Blithe฀Spirit.฀By฀now฀Lean฀was฀a฀full- fledged฀director฀in฀his฀own฀right.฀(Ohlinger’s฀Movie฀Material฀Store.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 4 9/21/06 3:03:03 PM Laura฀Jesson฀(Celia฀Johnson)฀and฀Alec฀Harvey฀(Trevor฀Howard)฀in฀Lean’s฀ classic฀love฀story฀Brief฀Encounter.฀(Museum฀of฀Modern฀Art/Film฀Stills฀Library.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 5 9/21/06 3:03:03 PM Laura฀(Celia฀Johnson)฀and฀Alec฀(Trevor฀Howard)฀in฀Brief฀Encounter฀ walk฀out฀of฀a฀film฀called฀Flames฀of฀Passion.฀The฀title฀refers฀to฀a฀movie฀ produced฀by฀Herbert฀Wilcox,฀one฀of฀Lean’s฀early฀mentors.฀(Museum฀of฀ Modern฀Art/Film฀Stills฀Library.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 6 9/21/06 3:03:04 PM Jean฀Simmons฀as฀the฀young฀Estella,฀Martita฀Hunt฀as฀the฀mad฀Miss฀Havisham,฀ and฀Anthony฀Wager฀as฀the฀young฀Pip฀in฀Great฀Expectations.฀(Ohlinger’s฀Movie฀ Material฀Store.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 7 9/21/06 3:03:05 PM John฀Mills฀as฀the฀adult฀Pip฀enters฀Miss฀Havisham’s฀crumbling฀mansion฀at฀ the฀climax฀of฀Great฀Expectations.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 8 9/21/06 3:03:05 PM Nancy฀(Kay฀Walsh),฀a฀doxy,฀Oliver฀Twist฀(John฀Howard฀Davies),฀and฀Fagin฀ (Alec฀Guinness),฀a฀Jewish฀fence,฀in฀Lean’s฀Oliver฀Twist.฀Guinness’s฀ performance฀triggered฀charges฀of฀anti-Semitism฀in฀America.฀(Museum฀of฀ Modern฀Art/Film฀Stills฀Archive.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 9 9/21/06 3:03:06 PM Trevor฀Howard฀at฀the฀time฀he฀played฀ Steven฀Stratton฀in฀The฀Passionate฀ Friends.฀Like฀Alec฀Harvey฀in฀Brief฀ Encounter,฀Stratton฀is฀drawn฀into฀an฀ adulterous฀affair.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀ Bookshop.) The฀defense฀attorney฀(Andre฀Morell)฀defends฀Madeleine฀Smith฀(Ann฀Todd,฀center),฀ an฀accused฀murderess,฀in฀Madeleine,฀based฀on฀a฀true฀story.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀ Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 10 9/21/06 3:03:07 PM Sir฀John฀Ridgefield฀(Ralph฀Richardson),฀an฀aviation฀pioneer,฀and฀Tony฀ Garthwaite,฀a฀test฀pilot฀(Nigel฀Patrick),฀in฀The฀Sound฀Barrier.฀(Ohlinger’s฀ Movie฀Material฀Store.) Susan฀Garthwaite฀(Ann฀Todd)฀and฀ her฀husband,฀Tony฀(Nigel฀Patrick),฀ in฀The฀Sound฀Barrier.฀(Ohlinger’s฀ Movie฀Material฀Store.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 11 9/21/06 3:03:08 PM Henry฀Hobson฀(Charles฀ Laughton)฀on฀a฀spree฀in฀ Hobson’s฀Choice.฀(Ohlinger’s฀ Movie฀Material฀Store.) Henry฀Hobson฀(Charles฀Laughton,฀center)฀is฀surrounded฀by฀his฀daughters—Alice฀ (Daphne฀Anderson),฀Vicky฀(Prunella฀Scales),฀and฀Maggie฀(Brenda฀de฀Banzie).฀ Freddy฀Beenstock฀(Derek฀Blomfield,฀standing)฀is฀courting฀Vicky.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀ Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 12 9/21/06 3:03:09 PM Jane฀(Katharine฀Hepburn)฀at฀the฀climax฀of฀Summertime.฀(Larry฀Edmunds฀Bookshop.) Jane฀Hudson฀(Katharine฀ Hepburn)฀and฀Renato฀de฀ Rossi฀(Rossano฀Brazzi),฀ her฀Italian฀lover,฀in฀ Summertime.฀(Larry฀ Edmunds฀Bookshop.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 13 9/21/06 3:03:10 PM Alec฀Guinness฀as฀Colonel฀Nicholson฀in฀The฀Bridge฀on฀the฀River฀Kwai,฀for฀which฀ David฀Lean฀and฀Guinness฀both฀won฀Academy฀Awards.฀(Cinema฀Bookshop,฀ London.) Major฀Shears฀(William฀Holden)฀and฀Major฀Warden฀(Jack฀Hawkins)฀plot฀to฀blow฀up฀ the฀bridge฀in฀Kwai.฀(Ohlinger’s฀Movie฀Material฀Store.) LeanZZPhotos.indd 14 9/21/06 3:03:11 PM [18.116.239.195] Project MUSE (2024-04-23 12:13...