-- CREDITS -- J. Arthur Rank presents a production of The Archers written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger original screenplay by Emeric Pressburger additional dialogue by Keith Winter color by Technicolor director of photography Jack Cardiff, ASC, BSC camera operator Christopher Challis production design Hein Heckroth art direction Arthur Lawson music composed, arranged and conducted by Brian Easdale The Ballet of the Red Shoes played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart. aria sung by Margherita Grandi. dance music Ted Heath's Kenny Baker Swing Group editor Reginald Mills color control Natalie Kalmus color control associate Joan Bridge scenic artist Alfred Roberts miniaturepainting Ivor Beddoes Joseph Natanson Technicolor composite photography F. George Gunn D. Hague special effects cameraman Wally Gentleman wardrobe Dorothy Edwards sound Charles Poulton dubbing Gordon MacCullum music recorder Ted Drake liaison editor John Seabourne Jr. continuity Doreen North assistant producer George R. Busby assistant director Sydney Streeter masks designed by Terence Morgan II wardrobe Elsie Withers Dorothy Edwards Miss Shearer's dresses by Jacques Fath of Paris Mattli of London Mlle Tcherina's dresses by Carven of Paris makeup artist Ernie Gasser Ballet excerpts: "Coppelia" (Delibes) "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) "La Boutique Fantastique" (Rossini-Resphigi) "Giselle" (Adam) Ballet of The Red Shoes: choreography by Robert Helpmann the part of the Shoemaker created and danced by Léonide; Massine solo dancer and assistant maitre-de-ballet Alan Carter solo dancer and assistant maitresse-de-ballet Joan Harris dancers Joan Sheldon Paula Dunning, Bryan Ashbridge Denis Carey Lynne Dorval Helene France Robert Dorning Eddie Gaillard Paul Hammond Tommy Linden Trisha Linova Anna Marinova Guy Massey John Regan Peggy Sager Ruth Sendler The Corps de Ballet Produced at Pinewood Studio Western Electric recording Released in United Kingdom by General Film Distributors, September 6, 1948. Released in U. S. by Eagle Lion Films. Running time 134 minutes. -- CAST -- Boris Lermontov.................. Anton Walbrook Julian Craster.................... Marius Goring Victoria Paige.................... Moira Shearer Ivan Boleslawski................ Robert Helpmann Ljubov.................... Léonide; Massine Ratov.......................... Albert Basserman Boronskaja....................Ludmilla Techerina Livy.............................. Esmond Knight Terry................................ Jean Short Ike.............................. Gordon Littman A Balletomane........................ Julia Lang Her Mate..............................Bill Shine Professor Palmer.................. Austin Trevor Dimitri.............................. Eric Berry Lady Nelson........................ Irene Browne Stage-door Keeper....................Jerry Verno Lord Oldham....................Derek Elphinstone Madame Rambert....................Madame Rambert Gwladys..............................Joy Rawlins M. Boudin..........................Marcel Poncin M. Rideout.................... Michel Bazilgette Vicky's Dresser.................... Yvonne Audre Boisson.............................. Hay Petrie Guard..........................George Woodbridge Double for Shearer.................. Joy Rawlins
Information provided by Jack Cardiff, BSC Wally Gentleman, BSC, CSC and the late Michael Powell. Research assistance by Stacey Endres Behlmer of the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
