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Tag Archives: Kathleen Byron
Prelude to Fame (1950) Fergus McDonell, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician Read More »
Madness of the Heart (1949) Charles Bennett, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia’s complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Read More »
The Small Back Room (1949) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance, Thriller
The best bomb disposal officer during World War II was badly injured and is in frequent pain. Read More »
Hedda Gabler (1981) David Cunliffe, Elizabeth Bell, Philip Bond, Kathleen Byron, Drama
Beautiful and willful Hedda Gabler, a very ambitious and controlling woman, enters into a loveless marriage with the respectable but dull George Tesman to insure herself economic and social security.
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Prelude to Fame (1950) Fergus McDonell, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan, Drama
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini become aware of the boy’s talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent. The boy is tutored by Dr. Lorenzo. Signora Bondini denies the boy all contact with his parents and everyone else except her. She also has neither sent his letters to his family, nor let him see the ones they’ve sent to him. He becomes phenomenally successful and makes the grand tour of Europe as Signora Bondini is enraptured by the acclaim given her through her “discovery” of the boy. She prepares to take him to America and also prepares adoption papers.
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