Ann Veronica (film)
Appearance
Ann Veronica | |
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Based on | Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells |
Screenplay by | Ronald Gow |
Directed by | Campbell Logan |
Starring | Margaret Lockwood |
Country of origin | England |
Original language | English |
Original release | |
Release | 1952 |
Ann Veronica is a 1952 British TV version of the 1909 H. G. Wells novel of the same name.[1]
It stars Margaret Lockwood. Lockwood was going to make a film version of this book in 1950 after Highly Dangerous.[2][3] The project kept being delayed.[4]
She made it after Trent's Last Case. She wrote "I had already developed a great liking for televised plays and this one was an interesting part."[5]
The production was well received.[6]
In 1964 the novel was adapted into a four-part BBC series Ann Veronica starring Rosemary Nicols.
References
[edit]- ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 January 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood". Filmink.
- ^ "Break For Rank Star". Brisbane Telegraph (LAST RACE ed.). 11 November 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Films & Film People". The Mirror. Vol. 27, no. 1482. Western Australia. 14 October 1950. p. 15. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Hollywood Invades The Festival (From London)". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 406. 14 June 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lockwood, Margaret (1955). Lucky Star: The Autobiography of Margaret Lockwood. Odhams Press Limited. p. 163.
- ^ "FILM PAGE". The Mail. Vol. 43, no. 2, 180. Adelaide. 20 March 1954. p. 4 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Ann Veronica at IMDb
- Ann Veronica at BFI
- Review of production at Variety